Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. “I have been through almost every village in the Polish Ukraine and Galicia and am now well acquainted with the places where there is at present extreme suffering. Researched by Peter Dickens. The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs. (commenting on both the death of Woodrow Wilson and his disappointment over the harsh terms in the Treaty of Versailles. Famine was followed by typhoid epidemics for the entire population, but it was made worse for the Jews by pogroms. Although the battles did not start out as particularly anti-Semitic, the Jews’ condition deteriorated. Here’s a little bit of little known history involving an unlikely South African hero, Isaac Ochberg, and it’s one we can all stand proud of. Jan Smuts was born on May 24, 1870 in Malmesbury, Cape Colony as Jan Christiaan Smuts. Typhus broke out in one of the orphanages and the pogroms raged for a week at a time. Having no human companion I felt a spirit of comradeship for the objects of nature around me. You might remember heroic figures like Oskar Schindler (the famous “Schindler’s List”) who rescued groups of Jews from certain annihilation during World War 2. Brother of Michiel Smuts; Maria Magdalena Smuts; Jacobus Abraham (Kosie) Smuts; Boudewyn de Vries Smuts; Pieter van der Byl Smuts and 1 other; and Adriana Martha Smuts « less A South African Relief Fund for Jewish War Victims had already come into operation, when, at a special meeting called in his office on August 19, 1920, Ochberg proposed that the Cape Jewish Orphanage “take all the responsibilities of bringing the children out, and taking care of them.” In addition it should act as a clearing-house, whence they could be distributed among charitable people for adoption. SOLDIER, STATESMAN. ( Log Out /  By January 1921, the South African Relief Fund for Jewish War Victims had persuaded Smuts and his government to give on a pound for pound principle to the Pogrom Orphan Fund, and it was felt that not 200 but 250 children could be brought to South Africa. Of 105 forbears on both sides since the seventeenth century, eighty-five were Dutch, eighteen French, and only two of German origin. Throughout his career, he preferred to think of the “native problem” in abstract terms. Ochberg died in 1937 while on an ocean voyage, 59 years old. | The Observation Post, Jan Smuts and South Africa’s sanctuary for Polish refugee children | The Observation Post, A South African Korean War hero … killed in the Vietnam War, Cassinga talk sold out .. additional night now available – book now for Thursday 25th, A South African Korean War hero ... killed in the Vietnam War, The inconvenient and unknown history of South Africa's national flags. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Boudewyn Homburg de Vries, then the minister of the N.G. Top picture is correct, Thanks Brian, The Jerusalem Post article then had it wrong I’ll change it. Hon. People Projects Discussions Surnames However, when Mr. Ochberg appeared, with his reddish hair and cheery smile, we all took a great liking to him and soon called him ‘Daddy’.”. Ochberg’s worst problem was how to select which children to take and which he had to leave in Eastern Europe. Spoke fluent English, Afrikaans, High Dutch, German and ancient Greek. |  Ochberg immediately contacted the Prime Minister, General Jan Smuts, and Mr. Patrick Duncan, the Minister of the Interior. He is the only person to be a signatory to both the League of Nations charter and the United Nations charter. Official Sites. Geni requires JavaScript! Genealogy for Jan Christian Smuts, PC, OM, CH, DTD, ED, KC, FRS (1870 - 1950) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. The Smuts Memorial Fund supports scholars at all stages of their career in a wide variety of disciplines working in relation to the Commonwealth, past and present. At first, Pinsk was so isolated by the fighting that the children were dependent solely on their own resources. In my childish way I communed with these as with my own soul; they became the sharers of my confidence. Ochberg left what was then the largest single bequest to the Jewish National Fund. Pingback: “The force of his intellect has enriched the wisdom of the whole human race”- the death of Jan Smuts. 5 thoughts on “ 200 Jewish orphans saved, the story of Jan Smuts and Issac Ochberg ” Pingback: “The force of his intellect has enriched the wisdom of the whole human race”- the death of Jan Smuts. A tremendous reception awaited the orphans when they came ashore in Cape Town. The next step was for someone to travel to Eastern Europe and make arrangements on the spot. Father of Kosie (Twin) Smuts; Jossie (Twin) Smuts; Jacobus Abraham Smuts, b2c3d4e7f1g4h1i3; Susanna Johanna Smuts; Catherina Petronella "Cato" Clark and 5 others; Jacob Daniel Smuts; Sybella Margaretha Smuts; Jannie Christian Smuts; Louis Anne de la Rey Smuts and Kathleen Natalie Mincher « less Half brother of Hester Sophia Smuts and Michiel Nicolaas Smuts. Travelling from Warsaw to London, the Orphans and carers then boarded the Edinburgh Castle to Cape Town. She became orphaned after her father, who was in the Russian Army, had died in a gas attack and her mother passed away during the 1918 Influenza. There were no blankets, beds or clothes. But did you know Jan Smuts also played a significant role in rescuing 200 Jewish orphans from the “Pogroms” in the Ukraine in 1921?

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