22 Friday, March 16, 1919 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Holocaust' Film Draws Huge Audience in France for Final Segment an Panel PARIS (JTA) — Nearly half of France's population, over 20 million people, watched the fourth and last episode of the NBC-TV series "Holocaust" last week. In a country whose television viewers tradi- tionally switch off by 11 p.m., four of every five sets remained on until 1 a.m. to watch the panel' debate which followed the final "Holocaust" installment. 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Two freshmen Senators, Levin and Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.), himself a refugee as a child from Nazi Ger- many, brought the matter to the Senate's attention, following the publication of the Auschwitz photos. Shortly after their state- ment, Sen. William Prox- mire (D-Wis.), making his daily appeal for Senate ratification Of the United Nations Genocide Conven- tion, pointed to the photo-• graphs as further evidence of the need for acceptance of the anti-genocide provision as U.S. law. Levin, whose maiden speech in the Senate in January urged approval of the Genocide Conven- tion, pointed out that "the photographs taken in 1944 and 1945 provide further evidence that Al- lied authorities were aware of the slaughter taking place at Au- schwitz during the latter years of the war, which makes even more dis- turbing the fact that no direct attempt was ever made to disrupt it." • The question of why the' Allies did not undertake any military action against the camp or the rail lines used to transport prisoners to it "has been a painful one throughout the postwar years," Levin said. 'The just released photographs do not by any means represent the first evidence that the Al- lies were aware of the Au- schwitz death camp." Historian David Wyman, Levin noted, published "Why Auschwitz was Never Bombed" in the May 1948 issue of Commentary maga- zine. Author Joseph Borkin, whose recent book, "The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben" received favorable reviews, also dis- cussed this episode in World War II history. Levin observed that "de- spite repeated appeals that the U.S. direct bombing raids at the rail lines or the murder installations at the camp, the War Department consistently refused." He quoted a War De- partment statement in 1944 after it was urged to bomb Auschwitz that ✓ "the suggested air opera- tion is impracticable for the reason that it could be executed only by division of considerable air sup- port essential to the suc- cess of our forces now engaged in decisive op- erations." Borkin told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that this state- ment was made by John McCloy, then assistant secretary for war. "No purpose would be served by an attempt to as- sign blame retrospectively for the failure to take steps which might have saved so many lives," Levin said. "I do think, however, that we could learn a great deal about how our society and its decision-makers react ito humanitarian crises. Thee vicissitudes of the current Administra- tion's human rights policies demonstrate that we, as a nation, still have not re- solved this critical problem of how humanitarian con- cerns should be interrelated with what are perceived to * be our overriding political and military interests. This conflict is nowhere more poignantly illustrated than in our reaction to the ines- timable tragedy of the Nazi Holocaust." Levin also pointed out that "the investigation and prosecution of sus- pected Nazi war crimi- nals, further demon- strates this country's in- effective response to this terrible tragedy. Despite Congressional direction, the Immigration and Naturalization Service has not seen fit to wholeheartedly investi- gate and prosecute the hundreds of persons who were involved in the Holocaust and who have entered this country il- legally since then." Levin has urged U.S. At- torney General Griffin Bell to review the decision by the INS not to accept $2 million that Congress authorized for the pursuit of Nazi war criminals. * * Nazi Statute of LimitatioOs Issue Discussed in Senate WASHINGTON. — Cal- ernment. ling for the West German The Wiesenthal Center government to abolish or has been conducting a extend its statute of limita- world-wide lobbying ef- tions on Nazi war -crimes, .fort to extend the statute U.S. Senator Carl Levin of limitations. The center (D-Mich.) said Wednesday has been distributing that "it is unthinkable that post cards addressed to the participants in the West German Chancellor crimes be- allowed to con- Helmut Schmidt on the tinue to live freely and issue.- without the threat of pros- Meanwhile, the London ecution. Jewish Chronicle reported Levin was speaking in that neo-Nazi activities in support of a resolution by West Germany_ have been Sen. Alan Cranston (D- increasing. A German re- Calif.) calling upon the port says that legal proceed- West Germans to abolish or ings were pending against extend the statute of limita- 600 neo-Nazis at the end of tions on - war crimes. 1978, compared to 317 at Cranston's resolution has the end of 1977. 33 co-sponsors, including Between 1975 and 1978, Levin. authorities had opened pro- "It is unfortunate and ceedings or inquiries in 750 ironic that the West Ger- neo-Nazi incidents. The man statute is expiring at West German Interior a time when the world- Ministry estimates that ex- wide interest in major is- treme right-wing organiza- sues surrounding the tions in West Germany Holocaust and those who have 17,600 members. participated in it has been intensified," Levin Zionist Criticism said. JERUSALEM (ZINS) — "It is unfortunate because it -is unthinkable that the Aryeh pulzin, head of the World Zionist Organiza- participants in:-the crimes tion, has criticized Diaspora be allowed' to continue to Zionist parties for not doing live freely and without the more to increase immigra- threat of prosecution," he tion to Israel. said. Dulzin said the Zionist A 28-member delegation of prominent Americans parties should be more con- cerned with aliya and the was in Bonn this week to Israel of the future, rather meet with West German than Israel's current prob- leaders arid members of the Bundestag to discuss the lems. In discussing aliya, Shi- statute of limitations. mon Peres of the Labor The delegation, which in- Alignment told the same cludes United States Con- audience that Israel had gressmen and national never "absorbed" new im- legal, civic, academic and religious leaders as well as migrants. "Who was re- Holocaust survivors, was sponsible for absorbing new olim fiom Russia, Poland, sent by the Simon Wiesent- Germany, Romania and hal Center for Holocaust Yemen? They took care of Studies at Yeshiva Univer- absorbing themselves and sity of Los Angeles, at the invitation of the Bonn gov- they built the country."