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Does your present alarm company: • Have a UL approved central station located in Southfield? • Offer radio dispatched patrols? • Have 24 hour a day, 7 days a week service? • Offer key vault service? a : 4406 , _ 7. ebon y ...-........... ................. Austrian Leader Admits His Nation's Nazi Role _IRA RIFKIN Special to The Jewish News F or Rosa Marx, Chancellor Franz Vranitzky's formal ac- knowledgement of Austrian responsibility in the Holo- caust is a case of better late than never. "I'd glad I'm still alive to see it happen," said the Vienna native, who fled her homeland in 1939 and now lives in Baltimore, Md. "But in all honesty, it's something they should have done many years ago." In a speech last week, Mr. Vranitzky broke with his nation's longstanding claim that Austria was Nazi Ger- many's first victim. "Many - Austrians greeted the Anschluss," Germany's forcible annexation of Austria in 1938, and "supported the (Nazi) regime and upheld many levels of the hierarchy," he said. "Many Austrians took part in the repressive measures and persecution of the Third Reich, some of them in prominent positions. Even today, we cannot brush aside a moral responsibility for the deeds of our citizens. "Austrian politicians have always put off making this confession. I would like to do this explicitly, also in the name of the Austrian government, as a measure of the relationship we today must have to our history, as a standard for the political culture of our country." Mr. Vranitzky also said it was time for Austria to ac- knowledge "all of our histo- ry and the deeds of all parts of our people, the good as well as the evil. As we lay claim to the good, so must we apologize to the survivors and the descendants of the dead for the evil." The chancellor's remarks were welcomed by American Jewish officials. But they also urged Austria to act on the words of its leader. "If your words are to have true meaning, it is necessary to follow them up with ac- tions, particularly in the ed- ucational sphere, so that the next generation of Austrians knows the truth," said Ab- raham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti- Defamation League. "In addition, we hope that you will take the lead in br- Ira Rifkin is assistant editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times. 48 FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1991 inging to justice individuals living in Austria who par- ticipated in atrocities against Jews," Mr. Foxman wrote in a cable sent to the chancellor. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, called Mr. Vranit- zky's remarks "very impor- tant in so far as they should lead to a public debate in Austria" over that nation's support for Adolf Hitler, who was born in Austria. "The whole issue has never really been dealt with by Austria," Rabbi Cooper said. "It's a nation that hid behind the cover of 'victim,' when, in fact, over 50 per- cent of the leading Nazis were Austrians," including Adolf Eichmann. In his comments, Mr. Vranitzky alluded to a possible increase in Austrian monetary compen- sation to survivors of the Nazi era. "Much remains to be done," the Austrian leader said, referring to compensation for those whose family properties was confiscated or forcibly sold at a fraction of their real worth. At the Embassy of Austria in Washington, press at- tache Ulf Pacher admitted that the $200 million set aside so far by Austria for compensation was "a puny sum compared to the actual sum" taken from Jews and other victims of the Nazis in Austria. About $165 million of that figure is being paid out in pension benefits to people who lived in Austria as youngsters at the time of the Anschluss. The rest is ear- marked for homes for elderly ex-Austrians in the United States, Israel and other nations. Mr. Pacher said that at this point, the chancellor's remarks are "only a state- ment of intent. It remains to be seen what will be worked out for new compensation." In New York, Rabbi Israel Miller, president of the Committee for Jewish Claims on Austria, the international Jewish body that negotiated with the Austrian government to ob- tain the $200 million, said Mr. Vranitzky's comments "open up many possibilities for us in dealing with the compensation issue. "The implication is more money will become available," Rabbi Miller added. ❑ .