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New York (JTA) — The
United Nations War Crimes
Commission said in 1948 that
Austrian Presidential candidate
Kurt Waldheim should stand
trial for "murder" and "putting
hostages to death," according to
the secret file on the former
United Nations Secretary Gen-
eral housed in the UN archives
and released in New York.
The file, part of some 40,000
sealed files on accused war crim-
inals, witnesses and others con-
tained in the archives, was pub-
licly released last Friday for the
first time by the World Jewish
Congress.
The WJC said it obtained the
UN dossier from non-
governmental sources who re-
quested anonymity. The seven-
page document represents the
findings of the long-defunct
commission that examined the
evidence against Waldheim
submitted to it by Yugoslavia in
1947.
On the basis of that examina-
tion, the UN Commission as-
signed Waldheim an "A"
classification, meaning the evi-
dence clearly justified his pros-
ecution as a war criminal.
The UN file states that from
April 1944 to May 1945, Wal-
dheim, as a German intelligence
officer, was "responsible for the
retaliation actions carried out
by the Wehrmacht units in
Yugoslavia." In this connection,
he is charged with "murder" and
"putting hostages to death."
The UN dossier notes that the
evidence and "files concerning
this charge are in the possession
of the Yugoslav War Crimes
commission." The dossier even
contains, according to the World
Jewish Congress, extracts from
the Yugoslav files. Parts of the
Yugoslav file have been publicly
released in Belgrade. It- is re-
ported to link Waldheim with
atrocities committed during the
war.
Waldheim, the frontrunner in
the June 8 Austrian President-
ial run-off election, has denied
participating in atrocities
against partisans and villagers.
He has also denied involvement
or knowledge in the mass depor-
tation of Greek Jews while he
was assigned as an intelligence
officer to a unit which partici-
pated in the deportations. Wal-
dheim meanwhile, has accused
the WJC and others of interfer-
ing in internal Austrian mat-
ters.
In London, Edgar Bronfman,
president of the World Jewish
Congress, charged in a speech
prepared for delivery Monday
night, that the election of Wal-
dheim to the office of president
of Austria "would be an act of
symbolic amnesty for the
Holocaust."
He described the former
United Nations Secretary Gen-
eral as an "amoral and unrepen-
tant liar."
The occasion for Bronfman's
remarks was a reception mark-
ing the 20th anniversary of the
London-based Institute of
Jewish Affairs. It coincides with
the release by the WJC of a 95-
page report detailing its find-
ings about Waldheim's "hidden
years" — the years of his service
as a Wehrmacht intelligence
officer in the Balkan which he
omitted from his memories and
concealed for 40 years.
Bronfman stated that Wal-
dheim represents a "fresh as-
sault on the conscience of man-
kind" in which "we are asked to
believe that in a titanic struggle
that took the lives of millions of
people, there was no distinction
between aggressors and vic-
tims."
The WJC president assailed
the "selective moral amnesia"
which Waldheim symbolized and
by which "we are urged to be-
lieve that events and horrors
that should never be forgotten
no longer matter.'
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Women Blast
Fundamentalists
Geneva (JTA) — A strong de-
nunciation of religious fun-
damentalism marked the open-
ing session of the European
Conference of the International
Council of Jewish Women in
Zurich on Monday.
The gathering, which drew
230 delegates from European
countries, including Hungary
and Yugoslavia, and from Israel,
Argentina and Canada, has as
its main topic, "Youth of Today
— Jews of Tomorrow."
Leila Seigel, president of the
ICJW, declared in her opening
address, "We are disturbed by
the progress of religious fun-
damentalism, whatever its ori-
gin. Fidelity to our faith and
identity does not mean fanati-
cism. We have based our ideals
on the Jewish tradition which
calls for mutual respect."
Seigel added, "Our approach
is based on dialogue. We believe
in partnership between men and
women, between youth and
adults, even though we will not
agree on everything."
The conference, chaired by
Beatrice Zucker of Switzerland
and Thea Zucker of Belgium,
sent an appeal to the Conference
of European Rabbis, currently
taking place in Belgium. The
rabbis were urged "not only to
consider solutions to the very
evident problems" affecting
women "but to make some
statements about actions and ef-
forts to deal with them."
The problems of concern in-
clude get, religious divorce;
agunah, a presumed widow who
cannot re-marry because there
is no conclusive proof of her
widowhood; and chalitza, a
ritual relieving a man from the
religious obligation of marrying
his deceased brother's widow.
Haber Chair
Inaugurated
Jerusalem — The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem will
honor Prof. William Haber on
June 16 by dedicating an eco-
nomics chair in his name. Haber
is former president of the World
ORT Union.
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