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Tour Our School Meet Our Staff See Our Program in Action Congregation Shaarey Zedek Rosaline Gilson Director 357-5544 if ■ "The Hitler experience can't be accepted by us, the German people, as an historic accident. "As a reunified German, I must accept the responsibility (of the Nazis' atrocities against the Jews). "I am not looking for martyrdom. I try to assume these responsibilities by actions or speeches." Beate Klarsfeld, self-styled Nazi hunter, spoke Wednesday of her motivation in tracking down untried Nazis. She spoke at the annual Woman's World luncheon of the Cong. Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood. Speaking to nearly 600 guests at the luncheon, the daughter of a Third Reich official said it is the memories of mothers and children who lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis that "prevent me from giving up" her self-appointed task to bring Nazi war criminals to trial. She and her husband, Serge, a French Jewish lawyer whose father died in the concentration camps, gather the original German docu- ments, bearing the war criminals' signatures, to use as evidence. In the case of Klaus Barbie, the notorious "Butcher of Lyon," the Klarsfelds came across a Telex communication signed by Barbie ordering the depor- tation of 41 Jewish children from Izieu, France. That document, she said, Was the main piece of evidence used against Barbie. The Klarsfelds travel through- out the world to publicize the exist- ence of Nazi war criminals who are still living free, comfortable lives. Rather than print advertisements, Mrs. Klarsfeld takes a more dramatic tack. In 1969, she publicly slapped former German Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger, calling him "Nazi" and "criminal" as he addressed the Ger- man Parliament. In another action, Mrs. Klarsfeld and some aides tried to kidnap ex- Gestapo chief Kurt Lischka, but the attempt failed. Still she got the necessary publicity for her cause. In January, she was jailed in Chile after she, some young Jews and relatives of Argentine "disappeared ones" demonstrated twice in front of the home of Walter Rauff, who di- rected the extermination of 97,000 Jews via moblo gas chambers. She and her comrades were jailed but re- leased because, she said, the Chilean police had no reason to hold them. The Klarsfelds have faced bomb threats, her husband Serge has been beaten up and their car has been' blown up, but still they persist in what Mrs. Klarsfeld calls a "struggle for justice" — to bring the Nazis to trial. The two are not hampered by these warnings to desist. If we give up, no one will take over. It is impor- tant to keep reminding the world MMINMEINIM 1M.1 ■1■ ■■•■■ 111=1,0.M. 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She is currently collecting data on Dr. Joseph Mengele, the infamous "Angel of Death" at Auschwitz, and Alois Brunner, henchman of Adolf Eichmann who was responsible for the deportation of hundreds of thousands of Jews from Austria, Greece, France and Czechoslovakia. On Mengele, she said she and Serge had hit an impasse. They have evidence that Mengele resides of Paraguay even though he lost his Paraguayan citizenship after Ger- many requested his extradition. Yet, when they approach Paraguayan leader Alfredo Stroessner for his ex- tradition, they are told Mengele is gone. She was skeptical of Stroessner's story. Because of Mengele's age, late 70s or early 80s, he needs a stable place" in which to live. His protec- tion goes high up. Why would he leave a safe haven?" She called Stroessner's pledge to extradite Mengele "promises in the air. We know quite well that Stroess- ner protects him." In the case of Brunner, it was Klarsfeld who made the trip to pub- licize the former SS officials's exist- ence. Klarsfeld flew to Syria to try to obtain his arrest and extradition, but two years later, Brunner is still hid- ing in Syria. Not only are the Klarsfelds actively involved in hunting down ex-Nazis, but they also are working toward combatting anti-Semitism. "We show our solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people by protesting anti-Semitism. It is my moral obliga- tion to protest against anti-Semitism in Communist countries." Asked what she hoped to accom- plish in the next ten years in her hunt for war criminals, Mrs. Klarsfeld said she hoped to achieve her goals in three or four years. Because of the advanced age of the ex-Nazis still liv- ing in freedom, "something has to be done, and it has to be done fast." The Klarsfelds' activities have not gone unrecognized. In 1977, she was proposed as Nobel Peace Prize candidate. Last week, her husband was awarded the Legion d'Honneur