86 Friday, September 12, 1980
WE WISH OUR FRIENDS
AND RELATIVES A
HAPPY. HEALTHY
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Strange Case of Nazi Trials in U.S.
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AND RELATIVES A
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live in Philadelphia, the our government in admit- said in his Soobzokov
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providing statement of July 9 that
and
ting
"city of brotherly love."
MR. and MRS. J. BERKOWITZ
In July, the Office of Spe- sanctuary to suspected "Nothing in our action to-
(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)
MR. and MRS.
day, or in this statement,
cial
Investigations
(OSI)
Nazis."
PHIL KATZ
Efforts to deport alleged
At about the same time applies to any other case,
Nazi war criminals from dropped charges against
present or future," similar
WE WISH OUR FRIENDS
one of its six new cases, low- that Ryan received the
America
this
year
make
one
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"covers" may be protecting
AND RELATIVES A
ering
total
to
17.
The
document
that
cleared
the
believe that "truth is
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other alleged Nazi war
dropping
of
charges
against
"bad
guy"
in
the
plot,
one
of
stranger than fiction."
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criminals here.
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Tscherim
Soobzokov
of
the
"good
guys"
was
put
into
With new complaints
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The question has been
MR. and MRS.
Paterson,
N.J.,
is
the
latest
jail.
Former
Immigration
brought against six indi-
raised in connection with
RITA and
HYMAN BLUMENSTEIN & FAMILY
viduals during the year chapter in a "plot" that and Naturalization Service Andrija Artukovic of
SIDNEY KUSHNER
5740, cases in litigation to- seems to have gone back- investigator Anthony De- California, former Minister
WE WISH OUR FRIENDS-
taled 18, which, so far, has ward faster than it has pro- Vito, a defense witness in a of Interior of Nazi Croatia
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signified "chaff,'.' or life, in gressed. federal libel case by Soob- who has been the subject of
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On July 9, OSI director zokov, was imprisoned on
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the U.S., for these accused
extradition and deportation
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Nazi murderers and col- Allan Ryan, Jr., asked March 25 for his refusal to proceedings since 1951; Ar-
MR. and MRS.
laborators. Four of the 18 — the U.S. District Court in answer a question during chbishop Valerian Trifa of
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PHIL FREEDMAN & FAMILY
New Jersey to dismiss the his deposition.
Karlis
Detlays,
Serhij
Kow-
MR. and MRS.
Orlando. Ha.
He was ordered re- Grass Lake, Mich., a former
alczuk, Mikolaj Kowalczuk government's lawsuit
MORRIS LEVIN & FAMILY
student leader of the Roma-
manded
to
the
Metropoli-
against
Soobzokov.
The
and Wolodymir Osidach —
reason: Soobzokov had tan Correction Center in nian Iron Guard; Edgars
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produced evidence that New York when he re- Laipenieks of California,
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former
commander
of
the
We wish our family and friends a
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in 1953 he had told U.S. fused to reveal his source
very healthy, happy and prosperous
officials that he had in- for funds that enabled .central prison in Nazi-
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New Year
deed been a member of him to go to the Soviet occupied Riga, Latvia; and
HENRY and FAYE
others.
three Nazi-connected Union to gather evidence
LESHMAN & FAMILY
(Hopefully,
the
question
JANETTE and JESSE ANTMAN
organizations — a Waffen about Nazi war crimi-
SS unit (declared crimi- nals. DeVito claimed he will be answered.)
I
nal by the Nuremburg had promised never to
We
wish
our
family
and
friends
a
Tribunal), the police reveal this information.
very healthy, happy and prosperous
force in his native town of He was placed under civil
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Tuchtamuki (in the contempt and jailed in-
MR. and MRS. ABRAHAM KOWNAT
definitely until he an-
Caucasus
region
of
the
wish all their friends and relatives
JOE and EDYTHE EMERY
USSR), and the North swered. After 10 days in
a happy and healthy New Year
Caucasus Legion, a mili- jail he was released but
tary unit affiliated with ordered to pay a fine.
Meanwhile, court deci-
the German forces.
The complaint seeking sions in February — all in
We wish our family and friends a
Soobzokov's denaturaliza- favor of "bad guys" — thic-
LILLIAN & SEYMOUR GALLANT
very healthy, happy and prosperous
tion was based on his conce- kened the plot. The Sup-
New Year
wish all their friends and relatives
alment of this information. reme Court granted cer-
a happy and healthy New Year
Since his membership "ap- tiorari and agreed to review
FRANCES and SEYMOUR MILGROM & SONS
parently" had not been con- the conviction of Feodor
•
cealed, Ryan said, the gov- Fedorenko of Miami; the
We wish our family and friends a
ernment charges were Court of Appeals reversed
very healthy, happy and prosperous
in-valid. Membership in and remanded the convic-
New Year
Nazi organizations did not tion of Frank Walus of
MR. and MRS. SAMUEL ROSENTHAL & FAMILY
ROCHELLE and ALLAN HOFF
preclude Soobzokov from Chicago; and Immigration
wish all their friends and relatives
Court found in favor of de-
entering the U.S. in 1953.
DAVID & ROBERT
a happy and healthy New Year
The governmnet filed fendants Karlis Detlays of
charges against Soobzokov Baltimore and Vilis Haz-
on Dec. 5, 1979. In April of ners of Dresden, N.Y.
Detlays and Hazners are
this year, Soobzokov's at-
We wish our family and friends a
accused
by eyewitnesses of
torney
produced
a
document
BYRON, REBECCA & JANICE LIEBERWITZ
very healthy. happy and prosperous
which said that he had been atrocities against Latvian
New Year
wish all their friends and relatives
a member of the three Jews, including mass mur-
a happy and healthy New Year
ders.
Fedorenko
admitted
organizations,
and
that
he
MR. and MRS. LEO WEBER & FAMILY
had declared such member- he was a SS guard at the
ship when he applied for an infamous Treblinka concen-
entrance visa to the U.S. tration camp. Walus is ac-
We wish our family and friends a
cused of being a Gestapo
from Jordan in 1953.
very healthy, happy and- prosperous
A "form v-30" or "personal agent who participated in
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MR. and MRS. EUGENE WEISS & FAMILY N. Miami Beach, Fla.
data form," the document the murder of Jews and
wish all their. friends and relatives
ADELINE and ABNER ROSENZWEIG
was allegedly given to con- others.
To balance an otherwie
a happy and healthy New Year
sular officials at the Ameri-
can Embassy in Amman as totally gloomy tale, there
part
of his visa application. were a few relatively bright
We wish our family and friends a
The CIA advised Ryan that spots during the year.
very healthy, happy and prosperous
it had in its po-ssession a Under the directorship of
LOUISE and MANNY ROTENBERG
New Year
Walter Rockier, who served
copy of this form.
wish all their friends and relatives
as
OSI
director
until
April
Ryan's seven-page ex-
- THE ZIMMERMANS
a happy and healthy New Year
planation for dropping 1, the OSI finally was put in
David, Judy, Steven & Amy
charges against Soob- working order, with a $2.3
zokov said that "appar- million budget and a staff of
ently the CIA had no de- some 50 people.
Former director and
rogatory information re-
garding the defendant, then deputy director
THE GANTZ•S
for he was ultimately Martin Mendelsohn was
CLARA & AVRUM FEINSTEIN
assigned other duties in
granted a visa."
Mark, Sandy, Amy & Erika
The CIA admitted to the the Justice Department
,1/
would like to wish all our family
in
January.
His
depar-
General Accounting Office
would like to wish all our family
and friends a healthy and happy
, of Congress in 1978 that it ture, surrounded by poli-
and friends a healthy and happy
had "utilized" Nazi war tics and personality con-
New Year
New Year
criminals and collaborators. flirts, was bemoaned by
Former CIA director most Jewish leaders. It is
William Colby stated to a fact, however, that in
journalists that the CIA has cases for which he was
"gone to great lengths to responsible, presiding
judges criticized the abil-
protect" CIA agents.
In a statement regarding ity of government attor-
the Soobzokov dismissal, neys. Perhaps OSI's
wish all their family and
Rep.
Elizabeth Holtzman greatest accomplishment
wish all their family and
(D-N.Y.), chairman of the this year was new in-
friends a year filled with
House Judiciary Commit- roads in cooperation
friends a year filled with
tee's subcommittee on im- with foreign govern-
health happiness, joy
migration, refugees and in- ments, including East
health, happiness, joy
ternational law, said: "This Germany, Poland, USSR
and peace
once again raises the spec- and Romania.
and peace
Projections for 5741 are
ter of possible connivance
and collusion on the part of not positive. Although Ryan
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By ROCHELLE
SAIDEL WOLK
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