Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-02-02
Specters Of War Haunt the Angel Of BeIsen'
Shielded Children
From Maxi Terrors

Tryszynska's face.
Get Quit" he roared. Take your
CT D. Jew b and get out
of here!"
Il The paper, she found, entitled her
to five hters Of milk from the camp
stores.
Less than six quarts of milk for
almost 100 children. DIR. Klein had
been right, of course. The whole
thing was obviously absurd.
Exhausted and Broken.
Nine months after the children
arrived at Belsen, the British Army
arrived there. They were amazed
by many things in that vast cham
Der Of horrors Nothing amazed them
more than the children exactly "a
of them-that they found alive In
one ramshackle barracks building
presided over by Polish Jewess
named Luba Tryszynska, exhausted
broken and fully middle-aged in
her 28th year.
They made a good deal Of her
They put her and the children in
special hospital and gave them
the best of care. An official OF the
British Red Cross began collecting
material for a book about her
Incredulous doctors interviewed her
and came back to hear the story
again.
Later, the Dutch government pro-
vided a special airplane, and she
took the "a Dutch children who
had been dumped in the mud back
to their homes in Holland. Queen
Wilhelmina decorated her on behalf
of the nation. 1.-THE Angel of Bel
sen." the Queen called her.
Luba Tryszynska took to Sweden
those of the other children, who
like herself, were in the category of
displaced personss There they were
put in a fine state orphan asylum.
Many were quickly adopted into
families in Sweden and Finland.
Some were sent to new homes in
Palestine through Youth Aliyah, an
organization connected with Ha-
dassah.
In Sweden, Luba Tryszynska mar
ried a handsome young Pole named
Sol Frederick, whom she met in a
DIP camp. He had spent five years
in Osweicim. but she did not know
him there. He had relatives in the
United States. Two weeks ago Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick arrived in New
York on the Gripsholm.
Experiences OF the kind Mrs
Frederick went through can have
an odd effect on people. One Of
the wars genuine heroes-one Of
small, brave band which tri.
lmphed Enthusiastically over terror
and horror-this woman today, ir
America, feels she never again car
live happy. normal life.
Certainly she cannot be accused
Of cowardice. Yet such things ha!
she seen, and such things have beer
done to her-things unrelated her
that she has been left, despite he
victory, with the thought that lift
can no longer hold anything reall!
hopeful or good.
How can I start over again,
she said the other day to friend
with so many things I can never
forget?" .i
Doubtless it is passing reaction
Doubtless her marriage, the strong
faith Of her husband, the under.
standing Kindness of new friends
gradually will bring her back to the
world in viii \ we, the innocents
live.
But it W take a little time
Meanwhile, - mbers of the Jewish
community e are doing theil
best to mfl, the Frederichs fee
at home. Al the moment, they are
staying wit; his cousins, Mr.. ane
Mrs. Max spar, 1888 Ninth street
NV. Mr.. Frederick, a goldsmith
already has :. job with a local jew
eler. That is good, for, of course
the Frederichs have no money OF
their own. Mrs. Samuel Berenson
friend of tire Spars, is planning q
party for them Wednesday at 1906
Buchanan street NV. 1t wils be
a sort of wedding shower, to help
them get started in housekeeping.
Mrs. Frederick, like so many
others who came out Of concentra'
ton camps, has put on too much
weight too fast. She believes shs
will lose it soon. Her physica
health, otherwise, is coming bach
nicely.
When she braces herself to do il
Mrs. Frederick can tell her story
in surprisingly matter of fact
way. Only once in the three hours
of my conversation with her die
she break down and cry.
That was when she told Of the
18-month- boy who, when She
had finished washing him on that
first awful night in Belsen, smiled
up at her and whispered, in baby.
talk Dutch, THANK you"
As she spoke Of the incident hel
face contorted and the tears ran
down her cheeks.
HE was so brave" she said. $50
good and brave. I am sorry, but II
is more than q person can bear"
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