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he controversy over
the Carmelite convent
at Auschwitz has
dropped from the headlines
over the past several weeks,
but those in contact with the
Catholic Church and the
Polish government say they
are confident that progress
toward its relocation, is con-
tinuing.
Seymour Reich, who
serves as chairman of IJCIC,
the International Jewish
Committee for Interreligious
Consultations, said he an-
ticipates that the issue may
be resolved by the end of this
year.
Though Reich and others
know that completing con-
struction of a new convent
and interreligious center
away from the site of the
former death camp is a goal
that looms far in the future,
they believe the nuns will be
moved from the current
building to temporary
quarters shortly.
Kalman Sultanik, vice
president of the World
Jewish Congress, recently
reported after a trip to
Poland that a number of the
nuns had already moved.
The present time is being
described as a period of
breathing space for both
Jews and Catholics, follow-
ing the heated exchanges of
August and September,
when the conflict reached its
boiling point.
One reason for the quiet '
regarding the convent is
Jewish uncertainty over the
changes taking place in the
Polish government, as the
grip of the Communist party
loosens.
Rabbi A. James Rudin of
the American Jewish Com-
mittee, who returned from
Poland last week, observed
that the country is now at an
important crossroads. A cur-
rent overriding concern for
Jews, he said, is whether the
emerging nationalism in
Poland and other parts of
Eastern Europe will bring
with it the resurrection of
the region's traditional anti-
Semitism.
Parallel to the uncertainty
about nationalism are
doubts about the renewed in-
fluence of the Catholic
Church in Eastern Europe.
With the resurgence of the
church's power, Rudin said,
he is concerned about
whether the theology of the
newly strengthened Catholic

Church will be "pre-Vatican

II or post-Vatican II."

Before the Second Vatican
Council, which took place
from 1962 to 1965, it was
commonly taught in the
Catholic Church that the
Jews were responsible for
the death of Jesus and that
Judaism was essentially a
heretical religion. The
document that emerged from
the council formally stated a
more tolerant view of
Judaism by the church.

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency

'No E. German
Reparations'

Bonn (JTA) — An uniden-
tified West German official
has chided Jews and others
for displaying "unjustified
enthusiasm" at hints that
East Germany would pay
war reparations.
He also inferred that West
Germany, which has paid
indemnification toward
Holocaust survivors, acted
for all of Germany.
The high-level official, who
spoke to reporters on condi-
tion he not be identified, was
referring to vague promises
of reparations made last
year by former East German
leader Erich Honecker.
The West German official
essentially told Jews not to
expect such help from the
East German regime, which
has never acknowledged
responsibility for Nazi
persecutions.
According to the official,
East German talk about
paying indemnification to
Jewish persecutees was not
a serious offer, motivated by
ideological or moral con-
siderations, but rather an
attempt to seduce the
American Jewish communi-
ty into supporting more
favorable U.S. trade rela-
tions with East Germany.

Egypt Is Holding
Israeli Tanker

Tel Aviv (JTA) — The
Egyptian authorities since
Oct. 21 have detained an
Israeli oil tanker and 28
crew members and family
aboard, for allegedly spilling
oil in the Gulf of Suez.
The incident is being
handled at the consular level
with Egyptian police and
legal authorities, according
to the Foreign Ministry in
Jerusalem.
Capt. Zvi Yosef, 41, master