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This 1942 photograph shows Kurt Waldheim talking to Ante Pavelic, head
of the Nazi puppet state of Croatia.
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of personal guilt. He said
that while there were some
remarks critical of the presi-
dent, the commission's man-
date had been solely to deter-
mine guilt or innocence of
war crimes.
A West German member of
the commission, Manfred
Messerschmidt, told the West
German newspaper Die Welt
on Monday that Waldheim
"knew his unit committed
war crimes" and on that basis
the commission concluded
unanimously that he could be
considered "an accomplice."
Another member, Jan van
Welkhuizen of Belgium, said
in a French television inter-
view that he believed Wald-
heim played a significant role
in the Wehrmacht's action,
which resulted in the depor-
tation of about 63,000 Yugo-
slav civilians, including
7.12
23,000 children.
At one point, the report
seems almost to absolve
Waldheim, saying he had "on-
ly modest means at his dis-
posal for resistance against
injustice?'
Waldheim's spokesman,
Jerold Christian, said Mon-
day "the president will not
resign whatever the results of
(the commission's) findings."
Sources close to Waldheim
told Austrian Radio that his
decision not to resign "what-
ever the findings" was bol-
stered by a public opinion poll
taken last week, which found
that 72 percent of the respon-
dents believed he should stay
in office, regardless of the
commission's conclusions.
The poll showed that among
members of Waldheim's Peo-
ple's Party, 92 percent favored
his remaining in office.
In Israel Prof. Yehuda
Wallach, a Tel Aviv Universi-
ty military historian who
served on the panel, said the
commission's findings had
been "falsified" in some
media headlines that claimed
that Waldheim received what
was tantamount to exoner-
ation.
"I believe there are enough
details to warrant, even to re-
quire, the launching of a
juridical process' against
Waldheim, Wallach said.
Is It Shabbat
Without Sunset?
Anchorage (JTA) — A first-
ever "Jewish Tour Of Alaska,"
featuring a dog sled ride with
a former Hadassah member
and Shabbat dinner north of
the Arctic Circle, is the
unusual grandprize in a
sweepstakes sponsored by
Alaska's only Jewish
congregation.
About 150 families belong
to Cong. Beth Sholom, which
is offering the ten day trip for
two, plus $1,000, in order to
raise money for the construc-
tion of a new, $1 million
synagogue.
Fewer than 1,000 Jews live
in Alaska, according to 1986
estimates. That and the high
cost of construction in Alaska
prompted the congregation to
embark on the creative fund-
raising drive.
Jerzy Kosinski
Visits Israel
Zbl Aviv (JTA) — Jerzy
Kosinski, the well-known
Polish-born, Jewish author
who has lived in the United
States since 1957, explained
to an Israeli audience why he
has never visited Israel until
now.
"You don't come to Israel
the way you go to any other
country, for a trip," said the
55-year-old writer. "You go
with the very specific notion
that you are going there to
encounter, not the country,
really, but a part of yourself
which the country may wake
up in you."
Kosinski, who lost his en-
tire family in the Holocaust,
came to address a congress on
the traditions of Polish-
Jewish culture.