JTA Exposes Journalist Who Taped ■ ■ ■ ■ ;±;41 Va.;4 .Z:,111 -4,111,4:412t;111 :&4111;t7.116;±;111.1 ;11,; ;41,,- ,...;4 tr4 ;:t ■;■ ;11 ■ ;, ■ ;41;±:111•2::,1 10;2;41.2,t ,.2.;;. ■ ;±; b4I D;;. 1 1 . C Eichmann Confessions as an Ex-Nazi NEW YORK, (JTA) — The journalist who tape-recorded in Argentina the confessions of Adolf Eichmann, Nazi expert on Jewish affairs who directed the mass-killing of 6,000,000 Jews in Europe—and sold these confessions to Life magazine in New York — is a Dutchman turned Nazi. He is reported to have been sentenced to death for war crimes in Belgium, and 1944, Nazi-appointed editor of an Amsterdam newspaper, de Telegraf. After Holland was liberated from the Nazi regime, the district attorney of the small Dutch town of s'Herto- genbosch, in the province of Brabant, obtained an -indict- ment of Sassen, charging him with war crimes for which, pre- sumably, the sentence upon , conviction might have been Eichmann, Associate Tape-Recorded Memories BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—Wilhelm Sassen, the Dutch Nazi whom Adolf Eichmann entrusted with the tape- recording of his confessions on the mass-murder of Jews in Nazi-held countries—which were published in Life magazine — was identified here also as a writer for the Argentine German-language publication Der Weg, which was suppressed in 1957 by the Argentine Government for its Nazi policy. He published his articles in that news- paper under the name Willem Sluyse. In one of his articles—an "open letter" to Sir Anthony Eden, former British Prime Ministe•—he identified himself as "W. Sluyse, Section Leader of the Foreign Service of the SS Division in The Netherlands." His true identity was established here by Mark Turkow, executive director of the Argentine branch of the World Jewish Congress, following the disclosure yesterday by the Jewish Tele- graphic Agency in New York that Sassen was not a German. but a native of The Netherlands who was an officer of Hitler's Elite Guard, the SS, and who escaped fro Holland to Argentina after being charged with war crim Sassen was identified here today as Sluyse, one of e most active collaborators of Der Weg from 1953 til the time when it was closed down by the Argentine a or- ities. His articles were strongly pro-Nazi and were ated either from Buenos' Aires or from -Santa Rosa, in mpa province. In 1955, when the Argentine Nazi leader E que Oses died, he wrote in Der Weg a eulogy signing at e time the name W. Sassen. SPECIAL! thorough documentation, to the complete satisfaction of the -d- itors of Life." Life magazine refused to reveal the price paid to Sassen for the publication of the Eich- mann memoirs. Reports both in Germany and in Israel have in- timated that 'the costs of Eich- mann's defense are being met from the proceeds of Eichmann articles sold to a large Ameri- can magazine. In the Life series, Sassen quotes. Eichmann as saying, among other things: "If we had killed all the 10,000,000 Jews that Heinrich Himmler's statis- ticians originally listed, in 1933, I would say: 'Good, we have de- stroyed an enemy.' " Due to the unseasonable coat weather we are offering a collection of our fine outercoats at greatly reduced prices for a limited time only. 3E Our Regular $165 It CASHMERE It OUTERCOATS Ex: 'mil is SPECIALLY PRICED AT It Eichmann's Lawyer Defers 2nd Israel Trip; Seeks Funds th'e very finest Imported hand tailored by one of s. This eason's fashion- most-w. colors. . (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) COLOGNE—Protectively, Dr. Robert Servatius, the Cologne attorney scheduled to serve as defense counsel for the trial of Nazi mass murder specialist Adolf Eichmann, said Tuesday he out his nd trip Israel 1 he received money t over expenses of the trip. The attorney, who ad planned to go to Israel a on Saturda , said would ed 6,00 s ► r h vi si is appli ion t t st mats govern •nt f f Eich- m nn's fen 1 was re- jec ecent lt ltti Our OPCOATS and OVERCOATS Y PRICED ' 7 45 ° Dt3 A superb collection of fine coats in choice woolens, including quality imports, tweeds, herringbones and others. Dti International; Carte Blanche, Diners and American Express Charge Accounts IF YOU TURN THE is now under indictment for death. However, the man dis- war crimes in Holland, the Jew- appeared and the warrant was ish 'Telegraphic Agency estab-• never served. lished. According to another new- Life magazine identified the paper, De Standard, of Brus- man from whom it bought the sels, Belgium, Sassen was Eichmann tape-recorded state- tried in absentia by a military ments as a German journalist, court in Belgium. In that trial Wilhelm Sassen. he was convicted of war The Jewish Telegraphic crimes and sentenced to Agency established, through death. Dutch newspapers, that Wil- Het Vrije Volk reports that, helm Sassen is Willem S. in a telephone conversation Sassen, a Dutch journalist with Sassen, who lives in Bue- who collaborated during the nos Aires, the man admitted war with the Nazis 'occupying that he was the former Willem Holland. The information was S. Sassen, that he was an of- revealed in articles in the Al- ficer in the SS, Hitler's Elite gemeen Handlesblad, of Am- Guard, and that he had escaped sterdam; Het Vrije Volk, of from Holland to Argentina in Amsterdam; and the Rotter- 1947. damsche Courant, of Rotter- The Dutch press states that dam. Sassen renounced his Dutch He also said that if the mem- citizenship and became a Ger- oirs of the Nazi mass executioner man national during the Nazi in Life magazine were true, any occupation of Holland. The Rot- defense "would be a waste of terdam Courant declares that time." Sassen "could have obtained He said that if the memoirs German nationality only by be- were genuine, he would withdraw coming a member of the SS." as defense attorney. He said his It is pointed out that Eic hair "stood on end" when he man's own rank in the N read a section in the articles regime was that of a colone citing Eichmann as sayin SS. no regrets for Rotterdam Courant execution . , ri 0 European dares. `We cannot congra Jews a even if 10,000,000 late Life or employing a co had b would simply laborator ith such a back- have. a • this as destruction ground. have said before of tli emy. that the blication of Eich- T attorney said he planne mania's moirs, while the to Eichmann's brother, Ro case b-judice, is objec- er who live in Linz, s t tiona Our objections are w ther the me .• s r str r, now that we know in and add:- at wa so this so-called German ed, t will up he urnalist Wilhelm Sassen, def e on t e•ot." really is." Ac ins e Du S, Life magazine, questioned Sassen w ime, in about the Dutch report, today told the JTA: "Life, which had MURRY KOBLIN no illusions about Wilhelm ADVERTISING ART Sassen, who persuaded Eich- mann to tape-record his con- Brochures • Ads fessions, currently appearing in Packaging 3, Catalogs • Menus the magazine, was not aware, as All Kinds Stuff! Dutch newspapers have report- ed, that he is Dutch, not Ger- man, and was sentenced to death in absentia by a Belgian ty em 9 military court for Nazi collabo- ration. I 18039 "Whatever a full revelation Wyoming of Sassen's war-role may show, however, the authenticity of the UN. 1-5600 _ :•: Eichmann papers has been es- tablished through six months of s 17 I UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T FIND A FINER WINE THAN mina •n3 It IN DETROIT: 1440 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD ;iR Open Mon., Wed. & Fri. 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