MS-603: Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Collection, 1945-1992 ...collections.americanjewisharchives.org/ms/ms0603/ms0603.044.012.pdfalbert finney michael crompton jonathan ne'wv'th nigel hawthorne

MS-603: Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Collection, 1945-1992.

Series C: lnterreligious Activities. 1952-1992

Box 44, Folder 12, Riegehaupt, Edward, 1982.

3101 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 (513) 221-1875 phone, (513) 221-7812 fax

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Rabbi Mark Tannenbaum 165 East 56th Street New York, N. Y. 10022

Dear Rabbi Tannenbaum:

212 East Broadway, New ·· York, N. Y. · 10002

October 11, 1982

In accordance with our several telephone conversations, I am enclosing the following duplicate copies:

1. Letter from Secretary of State of .the Vatican written in Polish

2. English _:translation of tP,e above-· letter

3. New Cracow Friendship Society- monthly newsletter which features an article on my experiences in the concentration camps ··at .Ebensee and Malk.

4. Photo of camp on Da~ of Liberation. (My face has been ·~ircled for identification)

I want to mentiqn that ··the tran~lation from the Polish to English

l failed··-to say that a lthough the Pope cannot confirm that he distributed the food (potatoes); the Secretary does confirm that the--:eope was in fact working in the area-at that ti.me.

If it is at all possible, I would a·ppreciate a personal interview with you. There are many other pertinent facts that I am anxious to reveal to you.

Many thanks for your interest.

Yours sincerely,

Edward Riegelhaupt

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FRIENDSHIP a 110111LY IE\ftl.ETTEI OF 111 am CllACOW FllDDlllP IOClm

NEW YORK CITY MARCH - APRIL .1982 ISSUE 132

Thirty seven years af'ter Liberation - from the notorious concentration camps

Malle and Ebensee by E.Riegelhaupt .

Thirty seven years ago come May 6th a small remnant of Jews were liberated by the American A:rmy· from the -concentra­tion camp Ebensee in Austria.

Unfortunately not much has been writ-· ten about the tragic· experiences of those who have'perished in the two notorious concentration camps of Melk and Ebensee and the blessed memory of those martyrs is not being properly observed. ·

Only the small remnant of survivors who personally experienced the barbaric me_thods of the Nazis used to murder thousands of our brethren are able to comprehend the magnitutde of what trans­pired 'bhere.

To mention another incident in Ebensee many .who survived will remember an incident when many were buried alive while at work, when a mud slide covered them. Among them were Weinfeld, Fischgrund, Dr. Wohl, Grinbaum and others, all from Cracow.

Curing the last night before liber­ation the Germans buried ove~ 2,000 in a mass grave.

When we remember the millions of. innocent martyrs who were barbariously murdered by the Nazis, let us not forget our brethren who have endured so much pain and anguish before their last breath left their bodies in Melk and Ebensee.

The winter was the worst. Four o' cloc: o'clock every morning we were chased from the barracks to the Appel•Platz, where we were kept for hours in the rain and snow. Most of us just in pants and shirts and some without shoes. Those who survived the camp sill still remember the Gypsy Capo who .killed ten of inmates every ~ day just by clubbing them to death. And yet the worst was still to come. Thus on February 8,1945 when Russian armies were only 80 km. away, Melk was evacuated. For eight days and nights we were chased without food or drink. It was a "Death March~ as many dropped dead on the way. I remember towards the end of the march

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there was on the .way a hole with dirty, muddy water and many stopped trying to get ·a drink, but in that instant the bullets started flying and many were soon dead. Looking at the dead _some of us felt envy. Their anguish was over. Some lost their close ~amily on the road who they did not want to part with. The Germans accomodated them with bullets. It was an 8 day nightmare that still haunts me today.

On the 16th day of April we arrived at Ebensee. .It is impossible to describe what we found there. Skeletons, half-naked

. were crawling around. Their eyes diip in their skulls looked at us with an unconscious look of people half crazy and ahlf dead. Aftier those years it is hard · to believe what I have seen there. Those who could still walk were carrying people to the crematorium who were still · alive •

But even duriilg those horrible moments one clung to a shred of hope that G-d would :somehow keep one alive if only for the purpose of being an eyewit­ness to the horrible crime to humanity committed_ by the German murderers.

In Ebensee we were brought into barracks where there were many dead bodies laying around. The reason for it was that the ovens could not keep up with the pace at which people were dying.

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TO ASSURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NOTIFIED OF FUTURE ACTIVITIES · PLANNED BY THE 2nd GENERATION, SEND THEIR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER TO:

Simone Hilfstein Scheumann 3073 Buhre Avenue Bronx, New York 10461

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In th~ name of hi~ Holiness Jo}µi Paul .II, I thank you fQr the letter dated 5/24/82 and for your good wishes.

In reference to your given problem I vish to '!nform you th;at it is not possible to identify or verify the introduced ·situation because· of the time.&.circumstances.

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In conclusion it pleases me to add .that his.Holiness will in his prayers ask the Almighty God to grant you and your family the answer you are searching for. · ·

Edward RIEGEHAuPT -212 E. Broadway Nev York, N. I. 10002. U.S. A.

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Szanowny Panie,

W imieniu Jego ·Swi~tobliwosci Jana Pawla II

dzi~kuj~ za list z dnia 24 .maja br. i wyrazonq

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NawiqZUjqc do przedstawionego problemu uprzej­

mie informuj~· , iz udzielenie odpowiedzi wiqzqcej '

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fikowaniu opisanych przez Pana okolicznosci .• •• .. • .i... : •

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.poleca Pana i Jego Rodz~n~ w modlitwie Bogu i uprasza

potrzebne laski. :

W. Pan · Edward RIEG::EHAUPT 212 ·E.::Sroadway New York, N.Y.10002 U.S.A.

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