The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-29
NaI Bombing Drives Jewish Children
Insane In Polish Orphanage

entertainment, but you would see
the lofty centenarian fir trees and
the modest villas i'm q forest that
stretches for miles and miles.
You would breathe here the air
of the pine trees which has no
where its equal, and it is there
that stands the home for wee
Jewish children of the CentOs
Society. This society is main
tanned chiefly out of American
funds. This home is now in ruins.
The children are shelterleSs, for
such was the will of AdOlph Hit
Ter.
The bOmbarded SanitOrium of
the Jewish child-caring society
housed 200 children of both sexes,
aged from Z to 16. When I ap-
preached the site of this sanatOr-
ium, which is considered modern
establishment of its kind, my eyes
were struck by a terrible picture
OF destruction. The main build
ing of the institution, hit by a
crashing bomb, was entirely de-
mOlished. Around the house there
are to be seen holes two yards
deep There are visible rem
nants of a staircase, near ruins
of q demolished kitchen. High
above is a clock hanging on a
broken piece of wall. By a
strange coincidence, the clock re-
manned untouched amid the sur
rounding ruins At q distance
of a few feet, charred debris.
That is all that remained of the
second building which housed the
staff of the Orphanage. This
building had been hit from low
altitude by an incendiary bomb
and the ruins were still aflame.
1 come nearer, see children
with staring eyes around the de-
bris. All children have been shak-
en- by terrible shock. After the
explosion, many children fled
blindIy away as If pursued by q
ghost. Some have been found af-
ter long search and carried into
madness. A few more are still
wandering in the vicinity-scared
children who at the slightest sound
rush panic-stricken into a ditch,
seeking refuge from the invisible
enemy.
1 attempted to start converse
ton but 1 could not extract a
word from the children who were
dumb with fear. 1 talked to the
brave teachers who themselves,
with the greatest effort, came to
the children's rescue, crying:
"Save the children first"
On Friday morning when the
children left the refectOry and
were carrying out their usual Oc-
equations, three fast-apprOaching
airplanes were sighted. Suddenly
all had been stunned by a terrible
explosion. The whole building
caved in; a piercing cry was rails
ed by the children. In a second,
the neighbOring building of the
Orphanage stood aflame. Children
jumped down from the first floor
to the arms of the teachers who
stood underneath. The last to
leave the building were the men,
berS of the staff-many of whom
broke their legs in jumping. The
manager of the sanatOrium was
dangerously wounded.
Eight orphans, two men and
two women were killed in the
raid on this honey
Today the German airpIanes
bombed three of the ... q
Christian churchyard and a camp
of Girl Scouts. Bombs also were
thrown on civilian population in
Warsaw and some adjacent sum-
mer resorts. Don't think, how
ever, that such sights make us
afraid here in Poland. On the
ruins a new life will shoot up. The
sanatorirlm is already being re-
constructed. We hope that the
whole cifiZenrv will support us I'm