2 Former SS Officers Sentenced Rudolf Sonneborn
to Life: Other Nazi Trials Set Gets Agnon Medal

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, April 14, 1972-21

So much to see, so much
to do in Israel...GO!

MUNICH (JTA)—Hans Sobotta, an other, unnamed legislators had
a 59-year-old former SS officer, : pressured Vincent Schiano of the
was sentenced to life imprisonment Immigration a n d Naturalization
for the murders of three Jewish I Service with "a ton of correspond-
youth at a forced labor camp in 1 ence" insisting that Mrs. Ryan be
Poland during World War II. deported.
He was acquitted on five other
Mrs Ryan, who was convicted
counts of murder because of lack . in Austria in 1949 of torturing
of evidence.
prisoners - at Ravensbrueck and
Sobotta, who was the camp so- Maidanek, lost her American citi-
pervisor, was found guilty of fatal- zenship last September for hav-
ly shooting two 11-year-old boys, ing failed to note the conviction
one of them because he constantly : on her application.
wore a hat. lie also shot a 17-year- , 'iesenthal Says Recent
old Jewish boy for not wearing %
the yellow Star of David which Hoax'
Attempted
to Divert
.
Attention
Away from
Barbie
Jews were forced to wear on their
LONDON (JTA)—Simon Wiesen-
arms.
a that, the Nazi hunter, claims that
You've been thinking about it, dreaming about it ... why wait
Friedrich Bosshammer, 65
a secret organization of ex-Nazis
any longer? Go this year, and go GREEK LINE-the favorite of
former Nazi officer found guilty of
nsible
in South America was
livi ng
'so many thousands, the Golden Route to Israel! On your way to
the wartime murder of • several
in-
for a recent -hoax" re-
spo
Israel and back, enjoy a luxurious, restful vacation at sea.
thousand Italian Jews, was, sen-
RUDOLF SONNEBORN
tende
Continental cuisine or gourmet Kosher meals under the strict-
tenced to life imprisonment by a the
tended
to divert
attention efforts
from
French
government's
est supervision. A rabbi and Synagogue grace both our ships.
Rudolf G. Sonneborn, the man
West Berlin court. ,
to obtain the extradition of Klaus
Sun-drenched decks, open-air pools, lounges, nightclubs, ball-
who
mobilized
massive
behind-
Bosshammer was a senior officer Barbie, the Gestapo "butcher of
rooms, theatre. And Greek Line sailings coincide with major
the-scenes financial support which
of the SS in Adolf Eichmann's se- Lyons" living in Bolivia.
religious and cultural festivities in Israel.
made possible the post-World War
cret police headquarters and sent
Wiesenthal, who heads the war
II
immigration
to
Israel
and
the
June 12, July 10,
Aprel 17
SAILING
DATES 6<tober 27.. 1971
at least 3,300 Jews from Italy to crimes documentation center in
Septermber 5. November 6, 1972
their deaths at Auschwitz in 1944, Vienna, said in a Vienna interview effort which enabled the fledgling
state
to
defend
itself
during
its
QUEEN ANNA MARIA
d Times that
the court said.
'
pu •
1948 War of Independence, will
As head of the Nazi's so-called the group known as the "Com- , be presented with the S. Y. Agnon
For colorful folder, reservations. call your Travel Agent or the ...
Jewish office in Verona, Italy, radeship Trust" was set up by for-
Gold Medal May 8 at the Hotel
Bosshammer deported Italians of mer SS men to look after the in-
Americana, The medal represents
Jewish background in four train- terests of Nazi war criminals and the highest national honor of the
loads to Auschwitz between Febru- their families.
American Friends of the Hebrew
, He said it was responsible for
ary and June, 1944.
First National Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Tel. (313) 961.5280
University. Sonne born has
last month's news reports flashed
Bosshammer, a former lawyer
achieved fame by combining a
Registry: Greece
all
over
the
world
that
Hitler's
from Wuppertal, who had been
career as an oil refining and
deputy, Martin Bormann, was
held in pretrial detention since
chemical manufacturing industrial-
1968, heard testimony from more discovered alive in a remote In-
ist with a leadership position in
dian village in the Colombian
than 200 witnesses at 39 sessions
Jewish community affairs that has
during the five-month trial. jungles.
few peers in American history.
t rned out to be a
A Frankfurt court has askcd 180 The man u
witnesses, mostly Jews, to testify harmless 72-year-old German re-
in the trial of seven former Nazi cluse who hadn't been in Germany
police officers accused of partici- since 1926. But the effect, Wiesen-
pating in or aiding the mass mur- that said, was to divert attention
ders of 30.000 Jews and 6,000 other from the Barbie case which Was
'Soviet citizens during World War getting "too hot."
According to Wiesenthal, Barbie
IL The trial, one of the largest
is reported to be using the alias
war crimes trials ever held in
of Klaus Altmann. Barbie-Altmann.
West Germany, is expected to last
Wiesenthal said. has managed to
a year.
leave Bolivia and is hiding out in
All the defendants are presently Paraguay which is less likely than
free on bail of about $2,500 each. Bolivia to extradite him.
The principal defendant, Alfred
Wiesenthal said a key figure in
Ebner, 58, is charged with per-' the "Comradeship Trust" was
sonally shooting Jews when he was Frederico Schwendt, a former! SS
deputy commander of the Pinsk major, who is now a senior engi-
region.
neer at the Volkswagen plant in
The other six defendants were Lima, .Peru.
Cm i /n , (/( s
He said Schwendt is wanted for
members of the notorious Police
Batallion 306 which shot Jews en- war crimes in Ifaly and had re-
masse behind Russian lines during cently approached him through an
intermediary to make a deal for
1941-42_
Dr. Werner Best, a former Nazi the disclosure of the real where-
representative in Denmark, will abouts of Martin Bormann.
Wiesenthal said Schwendt o6
soon go on trial in West Berlin for
murdering 9,000 Jews and Poles 1 fered to expose Bormann if Wie-
senthal would intervene with the
between 1939 and 40.
Italian government to get the
Best, 67. was released by Danish
charges
dropped.
authorities in 1951 and was sub-
The Nazi hunter said he replied
,equently employed s .a legal ex-
pert for a large Wats-C.:err -Ilan in- that he made no deals with Nazis .
iiiistrial firm. Ile has been in cus-
:d.::. of West Berlin authorities Kaplun Foundation Grant
..mee March 1969.
A new trial of former Nazi il iffi- to Hebrew U. for Prizes
cials has opened in Hamburg.
NEW YORK-7-vi Levavy. ores •
The main 'defendant is former po- dent of the Morris J. Kaplun Foun-
lice .sfiicer Anton Becker, 57. ac- dation, announced a $30,000 annual '
cused of participating in the mass foundation grant to the Hebrew
killings of Jews in Lublin. Poland. University.
The grant is being used by' the
In 1942-43.
•
c
Becker was found guilty of all university for the annual Morris
charges by another court in 1968 J. Kaplun International Prize-.
but appealed to the West German which carry an award of $5.000
Fulls
Supreme Court, which ordered each.
m)t • I arlIr Nliinitiirs • Iturnpk..-r
The Kaplun prizes have previ-
Air idinditii , ning • A tittMlatit I rans-
this new trial on grounds of new
r ',trips • Po, cr 1).4,r UAL ks • Soft
ously been awarded to six distin-
P“...cr ytcc ring • Pies, r
Mission •
evidence.
guished
academicians:
Profs.
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In New 'York, the office of
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K.i, (d.iss •
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Bral..c.. • P.p.% r AA pick io.
yeh
Dvoretzky.
mathematics:
Jacob K. Javits (R.N.Y.) has de-
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Shmuel Eisenstadt, sociology: Mil-
nied to the Jewish Telegraphic
ton J. Konvite. law: Jacob Mager,
Agency that it or Javits had pres-
ill orrongements eon he mode in ■ on• home or office.
biochemistry; Isadore Twersky.
sured a federal prosecutor to
Jewish studies: and Ephraim Ur-
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succeed in deporting a convicted
bach, Talmud and Midrash.
former Nazi guard who now
This prize for distinguished pub-
CHARLES
lists here.
.5 spokesman said only routine lications and scholarship in the hu-
manities,
natural
sciences
and
aster-
had
been
made
to
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technology, social studies, Jewish
nature of the cask'.
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