OLDSMOBILES FOR LESS south-eastern French city of ries us is whether France is tak- Lyons, as a tribute to the memo- ing account of its history," he said ry of 44 children who were de- this week. "Or are we putting it ported to the Nazi death camps between brackets, saying it was provided Socialist President sad and staging a commemora- Francois Mitterrand with the op- tion?" Added Alain Jacobowicz, a portunity to substitute words for lawyer representing the Lyons deeds and attempt to assuage the Jewish community: "Now that growing demands for Mr. Papon's Touvier has been convicted, the time has come to try the Vichy trial. "These children are the sym- leadership, the civil servants who bol of the Jews exterminated by had all the responsibility." Those who continue seeking justice, however, are facing an awkward reality: After Touvier and Papon, there appears to be no one left to blame, for the worst offenders have either died, dis- appeared or are being carefully shielded by powerful people who fear their testimony might de- stroy the myth of French Resis- tance — and not a few highly polished reputations. After a half-century of glorify- ing the Resistance and turning a blind eye to the horrors of the French lawyer Alain Jacobowicz past, it might seem natural that so many French people are now seeking to establish the truth about their nation's collabora- the Vichy regime," he said. 'They tionist role. The trouble is that are also a symbol of crimes they have started looking for it too late. ❑ against humanity." Such words, coming from a man who had privately laid a wreath at the tomb of Vichy leader Marshal Petain every year until the practice was publicly re- vealed last year, contained a hol- Berlin (JTA) — In the wake low ring. What raised the temperature of a recent court ruling by of France's Jewish leaders, how- Germany's highest appeals ever, was the publication last court, the country's main week of a book on the collabora- opposition party will propose tionist Milice movement which a new law that will make it a quoted Mr. Mitterrand as saying crime to deny that the Holo- that the time had come to bury caust ever took place. The Social Democratic the past. Emphasizing the need for "na- Party has announced that it tional unity," the French leader will seek the new legislation was quoted as calling for an end following a recent ruling by to war crimes trials: "There are the Federal Court of Justice, very few witnesses left and it which found that denying hardly makes an sense," he said. that the Holocaust ever oc- "We cannot live forever on mem- curred — the so-called "Auschwitz lie" — was not ories and bitterness." Eminent French lawyer Serge in itself a punishable Klarsfeld, who was responsible offense. for compelling the French gov- The Federation of Jewish ernment to bring both Klaus Bar- Communities in Germany bie and Paul Touvier to court, has already called for a could barely conceal his con- change in the law in order to tempt. ban Holocaust denial. Mr. Klarsfeld chided the pres- In a newspaper interview, ident for displaying "a certain in- dulgence" toward the Vichy the vice chairwoman of the collaborators, an attitude that Social Democrats, Herta might be the product of Mr. Mit- Daubler-Gmelin, said her terrand's own somewhat am- party will put forward "as biguous experiences as a member quickly as possible" an ap- of the Resistance and also as a ,propriate draft of legislation minor official in the Vichy gov- "Someone who denies the ernment. Holocaust does not do so out Marc Aron, president of the of a harmless stupidity, but French Council of Jewish Insti- knows that Auschwitz is one tutions, is also deeply concerned of the most horrible parts of about French reluctance to try German history," she said. French citizens for atrocities they "It is unbearable that committed in the service of the through this lie millions of Nazis. victims are insulted and on survivors are mocked." ❑ "The only question that wor- "Now that Touvier has been convicted, the time has come to try the Vichy leadership, the civil servants who had all the responsibility." 1994 HYUNDAI EXCEL 29 •FREE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE per month*** NO MONEY DOWN! •FOR 2 YEARS/24,000 MILES INCLUDES OIL CHANGES TUNE-UPS ETC. 1995 SONATA 199 per month**** •FREE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE •FOR 2 YEARS/24,000 MILES INCLUDES OIL CHANGES TUNE-UPS ETC. On Telegraph at the Tel-12 Mall, Southfield On Telegraph at the Tel-12 Mall, Southfield 35 35 4-3300 OLDSMOBILE On Telegraph at the Tel-12 Mall. Southfield 35 4-3300 ?Fin, :4410taiii* Opposition Party Proposes Law 7 FROM ITALY THE NEWEST MOST ISH DESIGNS IN HOME FURNISHINGS. FURNITURE • AREA R.UGS • WINDOW TREATMENTS ALL ITALIAN LINES ARE EXCLUSIVE TO US AND ONLY AVAILABLE HERE. 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