UN Human Rights Commission Recommends That All Nations
Put An End to Statutes of Limitations on Nazi Prosecutions

GENEVA (JTA) — A resolution
recommending that all govern-
ments seek means to ensure that
all Nazi war criminals would be
liable to prosecution for an in-
definite period of time, without
any statute of limitation, was
adopted unanimously here last
weekend by the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights.
The measure, originally intro-
duced by Poland, subsequently
amended by the United • States,
Israel and other delegations on the
21-member body, called upon Sec-
retary-General U Thant to initiate
a study on the legal procedures
necessary to make sure that no
statute of limitation shall apply
in international law on the prose-
cution of Nazi war criminals.
The Commission requested
Thant to give this study "priority,"
so that the legal aspects could be
discussed at the Commission's next
meeting, in 1966.
As passed by the Commission,
the resolution applies to all "war
crimes and crimes against human-
ity," and invites all states that

have not yet done so to ratify the
UN Convention Against Genocide,
which was adopted in 1948. The
United States is one of the mem-
bers of the UN that has not yet
ratified that convention.

Meanwhile, in Vienna a lead-
ing hunter of Nazi war criminals
sent a protest to West German
officials against a proposal to
exempt "minor" Nazi war crim-
inals from prosecution.

The proposal was contained in
a measure to extend for 41/2 years
the deadline for prosecution of
Nazi criminals in West Germany.
The bill was approved by both
houses of the West German parlia-
ment and awaits the signature of
President Luebke.
The protest was made by Simon
Wiesenthal, president o f t h e
League of Jewish Victims of Nazi
Persecution, in letters to Dr. Karl
Weber, the West German justice
minister, and Dr. Eugen Gersten-
mair, president of the Bundestag,
the lower house of Parliament. In
the letter, Wiesenthal said that

Beth Abraham, Israel Bonds to Honor
Genser and Kaufer at Dinner April 27

William A. Genser and Sam
Kaufer will be guests of honor at
the Beth Abraham testimonial din-
ner, 6 p.m., April 27, at the Jew-
ish Center. They are being hon-
ored for their devotion to their
synagogue, to their people and to
the State of Israel.

tablished an auto parts business,
has been a leader in the Israel Bond
campaign since the inception of the
drives.
The names of all who purchase
Israel Bonds in honor of Genser
and Kaufer prior to or on the night
of the dinner will be inscribed in
the souvenir folios to be presented
to them.

For dinner reservations, call the
Israel Bonds office, DI 1-5707.

Genser

the proposal "would soon produce
something like an uncontrolled
amnesty."
In Munich, the congress of
Anti-Nazi Resistance Fighters also
criticized that clause in the West
German bill.
The delegates voted approval of
plans to convene next fall in Paris
an international law conference
with the task of creating an inter-
national agency to both present
and fight aggression and genocide.
Participants were West European
organizations representing 500,000
members.
The Congress issued a "mani-
festo of resistance" urging help
in the search for Hitler's deputy
Martin Bormann, Gestapo Chief
Heinrich Mueller and Dr. Joseph
Mengele, the "selection doctor"
at the Auschwitz death camp.
All three have reportedly been
seen in South American coun-
tries.
The delegates protested against
"non-understanding" of West Ger-
man and Austrian courts which
have made a distinction in passing
sentences on Nazi war criminals
between those who took part in the
tortures and killings and those
who as "desk murderers" issued
orders for such crimes.
The Congress also called on East
German authorities to explain why
Nazis in that country had not been
brought to justice. The congress
listed Field Marshall Von Paulus
and Gen. Von Lensky, who was
listed as president of former Nazi
officers in East Germany.
The delegates charged that East
German officials had not brought
to trial Ernst Grossman, a former
guard at the Sachsenhausen death

camp, and other f o r m e r SS
officer identified as Kroeger. The
Congress said that Kroeger was
director of the Walter Ulbricht
Law Academy in East Germany.
The Congress hit at West Ger-
many on the issue, asserting that
a former SS Gen. Lennerdings was
living in complete freedom in West
Germany without punishment,
despite the fact that he had been
sentenced to death in Paris in
absentia because of a wartime mas-
sacre he allegedly directed.
Other former Nazi leaders liv-
ing undisturbed in East Germany
were listed. They included former
Gen. Muller and Former Admiral
Neukircher.

Neumann Hails Exhibit
on Hebrew in Israeli Life

NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr.
Emanuel Neumann, Zionist lead-
er and president of the Tarbuth
Foundation for the Advancement
of Hebrew Culture in America,
hailed the presentation of the 1965
Northeast Conference on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages
of a 50-panel exhibit on Hebrew
in everyday Israeli life.
Prepared by the Tarbuth Foun-
dation in cooperation with the
Central Zionist Archives in Jeru-
salem, the exhibition marked the
first time that "Hebrew as a
vital, pulsating, language of an

old-new civilization was given such

outstanding recognition in Ameri-
can education within the panor-
ama of projections of modern
languages," Dr. Neumann declared.

EDW. C. LEVY
SLAG CO.

Wishes

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
A HEALTHY AND HAPPY
PASSOVER
SHALOM
SHALOM

Kaufer

Heading the program of enter-
tainment at the affair on behalf
of Israel Bonds, is George Jessel,
one of the all-time greats of Ameri-
can show business.
The guest speaker will be Sam
Rothberg, national Israel Bond
campaign chairman, a member of
the UJA national cabinet, chairman
of the American Friends of the
Hebrew University and president
of the Israel Investors Corporation.
Judge Nathan J. Kaufman will
be toastmaster. Dr. Harry Newman
and Henry Thumin are dinner com-
mittee co-chairmen. Rabbi Israel
I. Halpern, will give the tributes
to Genser and Kaufer. Cantor
Shabtai Ackerman will lead in the
singing of the national anthems
and in the Birkat Hamazon. Eric
Rosenow and his orchestra will pro-
vide the dinner music.
Genser has been a member of
Beth Abraham for 20 years, on the
board for 15 years, has served as
president and vice president of the
congregation and has been active
in Bnai Brith, as a member of Pis-
gah, in Histadrut and the Allied
Jewish Campaign. He has been a
leader in the Israel Bond cause.
Coming to Detroit from Austria
in 1920, Genser attended Northern
High School, worked for the old
Hupp Motor Car Co. and in 1935
entered the auto battery business.
He now heads the Masco Battery
Co., an international business.
Kaufer, a member of Beth Abra-
ham for 25 years, is serving as re-
cording secretary of the congrega-
tion and for seven years has been
president of the Galician Society.
He came to this country 52 years
ago and has lived in Detroit for 50
years. In addition to his service;
for Beth Abraham he has been ac-
tive in Histadrut, Bar Ilan and Yes-
hivah universities. Kaufer, who es-

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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