THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, June 23, 196 1
Trial of Eichmann Indicts Allies
as Well as Germany - Goldmann
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to
The Jewish News)
LONDON — Dr. Nahum Gold-
mann declared Tuesday night
that the Adolf' Eichmann trial
findings were not only an indict-
ment of the German people for
what they did during the Nazi
regime but also an accusation
against western democracy for
failing to respond to repeated
warnings before and during
World War II.
Speaking at the silver jubilee
dinner of the British Section of
the World Jewish Congress, Gold-
mann told a distinguished audi-
ence that many warnings were
given to the Allies, including
the letters of Dr. Chaim Weiz-
mann, but all of them were
turned down. Weizmann's letter,
appealing to the Allies to bomb
the Auschwitz murder camp and
the railways leading to it, was
disclosed by the prosecution, in
the Eichmann trial. Goldmafin's
audience included a number of
members of parliament and other
British leaders.
"I am deeply convinced that if
these warnings had been re-
sponded to, hundreds of thous-
ands of Jews could have been
rescued at the beginning of the
war, but they all perished," he
said.
He issued a dramatic warning
to the present Jewish world
against "self-optimism and over-
optimism," and added, "we have
learned a lesson from our mis-
takes but if we are going to
commit the same mistakes it
will truly be a crime.
"We are living- in the most
dangerous times of our century.
The century is most unstable and
German. States to Parol
Teen Swastika Daubers
BREMEN, (JTA) — A con-
ference of provincial ministers of
the interior decided to grant
special "political parole" to
youths jailed for neo-Nazi activi-
ties during the series of swastika
daubing incidents which began
in December, 1959.
The ministers decided on the
amnesty to avoid making "politi-
Cal martyrs" of the youthful
offenders.
likely to remain so despite ten
more possible summit meetings.
Any thinking that the Jewish
situation in today's world is stable
and safe is pure nonsense.
Discussing the Israel _situation,
he expressed full agreement and
admiration for Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion "for his cour-
age in telling the people of
Israel about the constant danger
which embraces Israel. Peace with
the Arabs is as remote as it was
13 years ago and the whole
Jewish world must commit itself
to a tremendous effort no less
than the one needed to establish
the State of Israel."
He said such an effort was
essential to enable Israel to con-
solidate its defense and economy.
German Parliament
Urged to Force Nazi
Judges to Resign
BONN, (JTA)—The legal com-
mittee of West Germany's Bund-
estag, the Lower House of Parlia-
ment, proposed a bill calling upon
all judges and prosecutors, who
served in the Nazi judicial appa-
ratus in cases that ended in the
death penalty, to resign "volun-
tarily" within one year.
According to the framers of the
measure, there are 72 judges and
state prosecutors in the West Ger-
man judiciary now who were in-
volved, during the Hitler era, in
court cases that ended in the
death penalty for those accused
by the Nazi regime. The draft
will be brought up - before the
Bundestag next week.
A constitutional amendment
was being prepared here for in-
troduction in parliament after
next September's general elec-
tions, authorizing more stringent,
punitive action against all judges
and state prosecutors found to
have shared responsibility in any
inhuman Nazi death sentence.
Under the amendment, members ,
of the judiciary thus found guilty
of responsibility will be dismissed
without pensions, and will have
to face trial.
American Intelligence
Couldn't Find Nazi,
Goldmann Reveals
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Six of can clergyman, and Abbot Leo
Israel's leading Christian clergy- Rudloff, of the Roman Catholic
men have expressed unanimous Dormition Church on Mount Zion,
approval of the way Israel is both thought Eichmann deserved
handling the trial of Adolf Eich- the most severe penalty, but
mann, but are divided on the sought some other solution.
Archbishop George Hakim,
means of punishment if the Nazi
war criminal is found guilty, Greek Catholic Bishop of North-
according to the results of a sur- ern Israel, suggested that Eich-
vey conducted by the Anti-Defa- mann be given a life sentence
mation League of Bnai Brith, re- and then sent back to Germany
"where he ought to be put on
leased here.
While all six clergymen agreed trial and there punished."
with Israel's handling of the case,
their answers to the question
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concerning Eichmann's punish-
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ment, if found guilty, ranging
from the suggestion that he be
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executed to the opinion that he
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be turned over to Germany for
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retrial, after being given a life
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The Rev. Tom Gibson, of St.
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this will "prevent anyone from
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charging the Jewish people with
for Murdering Jew
being vengeful. On the other
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KARLSRUHE, (JTA) — The hand this may bring .a charge of
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West German Federal Supreme weakness against them."
Cannon Hugh Jones, an Angli-
Court ordered a re-trial for
George Schlosser, 47-year-old
former Czenstochowa G h e t t o
policeman, who was sentenced
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by a Bamberg jury court last
November to a 10-year, term for
manslaughter.
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The lower court had decided
that only the shooting of a 13-
year-old Jewish boy in the
ghetto had been proven against
Schlosser beyond a reasonable
doubt. The prosecution had de-
manded conviction of Schlosser
prese tative
for murder of at least 25 Jewish
victims. The Supreme Court
ruling also took note of the
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complaint by Schlosser that the
televising of his trial had been
improper.
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LONDON, (JTA)—Dr. Nahum
Goldmann revealed here that,
several years ago, he had asked
American intelligence officers to
find Adolf Eichmann, but that
ericans could not locate
the Am
the Nazi war criminal.
The Jewish leader, arriving
here from Paris, was asked about
reports in the Israeli press to
the effect that he had been
"aware of Eichmann's where-
abouts" but had only turned over
the information to American
authorities. The reports were
printed in some -Israeli news-
papers in the course of the cur-
rent political campaign under
way there, prior to Israel's forth-
coming general elections.
As far as the newspaper re-
ports were concerned, Goldmann
said, they were "completely un-
true." Then he added: "Several
years ago, I received a letter
from Austria, informing me that
the writer had reason to believe
that Eichmann was somewhere
in South America. The writer
asked me to ask the American
intelligence service to investigate
and, possibly, to find Eichmann.
I did so, and was informed later
by the American authorities that
they could find no trace of
Eichmann."
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Nazi 'Elite' Mayor
Given Pension
MUNICH, {JTA) — A former
Mayor of Partenkirchen, who was
FURNITURE one of the 100 ,"elite" members
of the Nazi Party, and who served
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three years in -prison for his
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an ex-mayor's pension of $280 a
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month, and will receive an -addi-
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German High Court. Scheck said
he has "learned from the mis-
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Deposition Taken
from Hoettl for
Eichmann's Defense
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to
The Jewish News)
VIENNA—Dr. Willi Hoettl, a
former SS officer, was interro-
gated Wednesday in a Bad Aus-
see court . as witness for the
defense in the trial of Adolf
Eichmann now taking place in
Jerusalem.
Hoettl, who is one of four de-
fense witnesses who could not
attend the trial in Jerusalem
because of the announcement by
the prosecution that they would
be arrested and tried as war
criminals, was questioned here
by representatives of the prosecu-
tion and the defense. Details of
the testimony were not revealed.
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Christian Clergymen Divided on Sentence
for Nazi; Approve Israel's Handling
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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.,
(JTA) — Copies of Conde Me-
Ginley's "Common Sense,"-fea-
turing a vicious attack on the
Adolf Eichmann trial, were dis-
tributed throughout the press
section of the United Nations
by a man some observers identi-
fied as McGinley himself.
The issue distributed was
that of May 15, which devoted
nearly all of its four pages to
the Eichmann case. The distri-
bution apparently was planned
to -coincide with the visit to
the United Nations of Italian
Prime Minister Aminton Fanfani,
when scores of correspondents
were present. The distribution,
however, took place hours after
Fanfani had departed, and only a
handful of correspondents re-
mained. McGinley is not accred-
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