8 Friday, October 26, 1919 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS The Butcher of Lyon Lives Freely in Bolivia By JAIME REIBEL FORESTS that bear your natne Long after you have gone, forests in Israel renewing themselves in the cycle of sea- sons, will keep your memory ever green. When making your Will, provide that a forest in Israel be planted in your name or in that of someone dear to you, handing down your last wish from generation to generation. A bequest to the J.N.F. is a bequest to the entire Jewish people, linking the name of the Testator with Israel in perpetuity. For information and advice in strict confidence apply to JEWISH NATIONAL FUND 27308 Southfield Southfield, Mi. 48076 557-6644 LA PAZ, Bolivia (JTA) — Klaus Barbi, alias Klaus Altman, better known as "The Butcher of Lyon," lives a secure, respected life here. Barbi, the gestapo chief of France in 1943 and 1944, surfaced in Bolivia shortly after World War II, as did many other Nazis of lesser rank and lower profile. Bolivia, after the war and since, has traditionally been a country of right-wing military dictatorships with a notable lack of interest in the backgrounds of wealthy European emigres. After Germany occupied all of France in November 1942, the gestapo was or- dered to pacify the local population. Barbi was the Nazi officer chosen for the job. He immediately estab- lished his headquarters in Lyon, the third largest city in France and nascent cen- ter of French partisan ac- tivity. It was from his base in Lyon that Barbi shipped thousands of French Jews east to their even- tual deaths in German concentration camps. It was in Lyon that he per- . sonally ordered the as- sassination of Jean Moulin, French partisan leader and head of inter- nal resistance, after Moulin was betrayed to the gestapo by a French informer. For his ruthless suppres- sion of partisan activity, Barbi acquired the nickname of "The Butcher of Lyon." He is responsible for the deaths of hundreds, possibly thousands of Fren- chmen. The French Armed Forces Tribunal, a war crimes in- vestigatory and judicial agency, has twice con- demned Barbi to death in absentia. His whereabouts were unknown until the late 1960s, when he was identified in Bolivia using a German passport under the name of Altman. In 1970 he took Bolivian citizenship with that assumed name. One of his closest friends and backers throughout the almost 35-year period after the collapse of the Third Reich has been Gen. Juan Pareda Aspun. During the Banzer regime of 1973-1978 .Pareda was Commander- in-Chief of the Bolivian Air Force and concomitantly Minister of the Interior. For these five years Barbi was an "official adviser" to the ministry, the equivalent of the U.S. State Department and FBI rolled into one massive, intimidating unit. In 1978, Pareda over- threw Banzer in a bloodless, internally-executed coup d'etat. The French govern- ment through its em- bassy in La Paz pre- sented documents to the Bolivian government on Feb. 1, 1972, asking for Barbi's extradition. The Supreme Court of Sucre turned down the extradi- tion process on Dec. 6, 1974, for lack of an exist- ing treaty between the two nations. Informed diplomatic sources claim that Barbi's well-placed friends in gov- ernment (that hand-pick the Supreme Court) were too powerful for the French. _ In 1975, the French gov- ernment officially asked for Barbi's expulsion from Bolivia. Again, no results. Over the past five years the French through private contacts have continued to pressure for an executive . decree ruling in their favor on the extradition demand. But according to the French Embassy in La Paz, "the Bolivian authorities are not. very interested." Recently through unoffi- cial channels France at- tempted to get West Ger- many involved in the x- tradition process. many's response was the crimes Barbi committed did not take place on Ger- man soil, therefore the Germans have no basis upon which to involve themselves in the question. Neither has the Israeli government pressed pub- licly for Barbi's extradi- tion. A highly placed Bolivian diplomatic fig- ure, who prefers to re- main unidentified, main- tains that,"Israel hasn't done anything officially or extra-officially in the case." This, it was noted, may be due to Israel's de- sire not to jeopardize the fragile position of the Bolivian Jewish commu- nity. Meanwhile, "The Butcher of Lyon" walks the streets of La Paz a free man. dr 0 America Foots the Bill for UN By DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.) 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The Israeli envoy de- clares in an article in the New York Times, that "the United Nations today is dominated by an unholy alliance of dic- tatorships and totalita- rian principles." These dictatorships, he tells us, "have proceeded to trample under the foot every provision designed to protect the rights of minorities" and it is be- cause of this "unrepre- sentative character" of the UN "that virtually all major international is- sues have been settled outside of the United Na- tions — in Berlin, Cuba, Vietnam, Israel, Egypt." So what keeps the UN busy, since all international issues are settled away from it? The answer is simple. The UN keeps itself busy adopting resolutions con- demning Zionism as racism. If the UN cannot be relied on to settle the major inter- national issues, it at least might concern itself with such matters as the ter- rorism which has now be- come a world issue, or with the Kurdish problem which is bothering Iraq and Iran. Then there is the problem of free song. We have all known of course of the prob- lem of free speech, but re- cently, Iran has also banned the right of broadcasting music. They say free song is dangerous. None of these matters seem to bother the UN. Dag Hammarskjold, the Secretary General of the United Nations, visited Israel and was invited to dinner by the Ben-Gur- ions. At dinner, Ham- marskjold presented his ideas about Israel's rights and wrongs. When he finished, there was a brief pause, then Paula, Ben-Gurion's wife, said, "Mr. Hammarskjold, you are such a nice looking man. Why don't you get married?" The United Nations at that time had not yet reached its present low state. It was still in some measure true to the idea of promoting friendly rela- tions among all nations in- stead of strengthening the bloc of dictatorships and undemocratic forces. Today the story is different. It is too bad. There is really a need for a UN that will deal fairly with all peoples and further demo- cratic instead of totalitarian and dictatorship principles. Perhaps the wrong in it de- rives from the way it is sup- ported. Why should the demo- cratic countries provide the great bulk of its sup- port? The oil rich Arab countries contribute less than one percent of the budget. It is possible that they are offended by this. Why shouldn't they be allowed, to pay more? According to Blum, Saudi Arabia contributes only one-third as much as Israel. No wonder they do not like Israel. What right, they say, has a racist Zionist state to pay more than it does? Of course, even if Saudi Arabia paid more of the bills, it might not make them more democratic, but it should be tried. We shouldn't make it too hard but it seems that Saudi Arabia might make a be- ginning towards achieving democracy by paying at least as much as Israel. You have to teach democ- racy like other things — by beginning with simple things. Katsh Prize Set ABRAHAM KATSH NEW YORK — Stanley M. Bogen, president of the _ American Friends of the Hebrew University, has announced that the col- leagues and students of Pro- fessor Abraham I. Katsh have established a substan- tial endowment in his honor. Dr. Katsh is the former president of Dropsie Uni- versity in Philadelphia. The - yield on the fund will set up an annual Professor Ab- raham I. Katsh Prize at He- brew University in the field of Hebrew literature and Jewish studies.