DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
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Jap Prosecutor Comments
On Jap Attitude at Trials
The Japanese war criminals
are deeply impressed by the fair
treatment being accorded them at
the trials as evidenced by the su-
perior type of their defense
counsels and are learning first
hand the benefits of democracy
at work.
That was the comment by Lt.
Col. Louis Geffen, A.U.S., of At-
lanta, Ga., who arrived in New
York for a few days' vacation en
route to Washington following
his recent return to this country
from Tokio, where he was at-
tached to the Prosecution Divi-
sion of the Legal Section of
SCAP, which he organized.
Colonel Geffen acted as Chief
of the Prosecution against Tatsuo
Tsuchiya, known as "Little Glass
Eye," the first Jap prison guard
who was convicted for partici-
pating in the torture and death-
beating of an American prisoner
of war.
The Japs have their own re-
porters at the trials and are giv-
en every opportunity to see that
they are no being railroaded, the
prosecutor aid. Defendants . are
shown copiesof the charges
against them which have been
translated into their language so
that they may understand com-
pletely. The burden of identifica-
tion proof has been one of the
difficulties of the prosecution,
Colonel Geffen said. This has
been due to the fact that some
of the American witnesses have
returned home while others are in
poor physical shape and cannot
remember pertinent facts.
"Persons who had any part in
atrocities against prisoners of
war or who were guilty of set-
ting up such policies should not
be permitted to shift the blame,"
Colonel Geffen declared. "It is
important as a part of our occu-
pation duty to see that the prose-
cution of war criminals in Japan
be continued vigorously until
every last one against whom
there is evidence be punished in
accordance with the degree of
the atrocities committed. This
will do a lot to convince the Jap-
anese who might start something
in the future that they cannot
get away with it."
Colonel Geffen, who has been
on active duty since January 15,
1941, went to Manila on his first
overseas assignment last August
and was attached to the Prosecu-
tion Division, War Crimes Branch.
He assisted in preparing the
charges and specifications against
General Homma, who was con-
victed on February 11 last, and
sentenced to die by a firing
squad.
While in Manila, Colonel Gef-
fen said, he was one of those
"fortunate enough" to enjoy the
hospitality of the Jewish Welfare
Board Center, a converted house,
one of the few buildings which
miraculously withstood the bomb-
ings and which served as the sole
rendezvous for military personnel
of all faiths stationed in the area.
Here the servicemen and women
attended weekly dances — the first
since before the war—and the
discussion group meetings. So
grateful were they for this re-
spite from war nerves that they
expressed the wish to show their
appreciation to the Jewish com-
munity (approximately 1,000 per-
sons) of the city. The Jewish
military personnel hit upon the
idea of rebuilding the synagogue,
which had been destroyed by the
Japs, as a fitting memorial to the
boys who had lost their lives in
Manila. Colonel Geffen assisted in
mapping out a fund campaign
which set 50,000 pesos ($25,000)
as the goal. According to last re-
ports, 30,000 pesos had been
raised for the project, he said.
The forty-one-year-old Colonel,
now on terminal leave, and Mrs.
Geffen will go to Norfolk, Va.,
shortly, to join their seven-year-
old son, David, who has been vis-
iting his maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Frieda Birshtein, at her
home at 1027 East Olney Rd.
Colonel Geffen is the son of Rab-
bi Tobias Geffen, spiritual leader
of Congregation Sherith Israel in
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