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Vatican's establishment of diplomatic
ties with Israel and Pope John Paul II's
statements that have acknowledged the
Church's failure to save Jewish lives.
But Cohen was troubled, like Rosen-
zveig, by the lack of acknowledgment in
the statement of the Church's role dur-
ing the Holocaust.
"It skirts the issue of the Church as
an institution, like the Church's posi-
tion on anti-Semitism used by the Nazis
... Nazis played on the classical teach-
ings ... of the Church, and that was not
addressed.
"The French and German churches
have gone much further than this state-
ment," Cohen said.
And the Vatican has still not opened
its Holocaust-era archives, he pointed
out.
"Regarding the Shoah and what peo-
ple knew or didn't know, the Vatican
hasn't taken steps to make that informa-
tion available. And that's important as
they continue to not deal forthrightly
with what the Pope did at that time,"
Cohen continued. The ADL, along
with other Jewish organizations, has
pressured the Vatican to release docu-
ments, but the Vatican has said "the
time is not right.
"The Vatican is also a political body,"
Cohen noted.

Survivor Jack Liwazer, a West
Bloomfield resident, was circumspect
about the statement. He noted that
even though the Vatican had received
"detailed information about the murder
of Jews in concentration camps," Pope
Pius XII restricted his public statements
to generalizations about the mass mur-
der taking place in Europe.
"He could have saved numerous lives
if he chose to take a public stand. A
public denunciation of the mass mur-
ders broadcast over Vatican radio
would've revealed to Jews and Chris-
tians what the deportations to the east
meant, and would've given them impe-
tus to escape. Many more Christians
might have responded," Liwazer said.
"It seems to me [Pope Pius XII] was
afraid more of the Bolsheviks than the
Nazis."
Another survivor, Manny Mittelman
of Southfield, said the Vatican state-
ment left him "cold."
"If the Vatican would've apologized
for Pope Pius, it wouldn't have made a
difference to me. Apologies don't bring
the dead people back. In general, the
Catholic world today would act a little
different, but personally, I have that
feeling that nothing has changed," he
• said. ❑

Jews Sue Swiss
For Restitution

Zurich (JTA) — Two Jewish men are
bringing separate suits against Switzer-
land linked to the country's policy
toward Jewish refugees during World
War II.
Charles Sonabend, whose parents
were murdered in Auschwitz after
Swiss authorities deported them in
1942, is bringing his compensation
claim before Switzerland's Supreme
Court. The move comes
after the Swiss Cabinet
recently rejected his claim.
Sonabend, a 67-year-old
resident of London, is seek-
ing $68,000 in damages —
the largest amount possible
under Swiss regulations —
under a new law that allows
individuals to make liability
claims against public offi-
cials.
The law leaves the decision to the
Cabinet, but allows for an appeal to
Switzerland's Supreme Court.
Sonabend was 11 years old when he
and his parents entered Switzerland in

1942 from Belgium. Two days later,
his parents were arrested and deported
to Nazi-occupied France.
They were then sent to Auschwitz.
His suit, which was first filed last
year, focused renewed attention on the
refugee policy of Switzerland, which
expelled more than 30,000 Jews dur-
ing the war. Most died.
At the same time, however, Switzer-
land provided haven to
some 25,000 Jewish
refugees, who survived the
war together with Switzer-
land's 20,000 Jewish citi-
zens.
A second suit is being
brought by a 71-year-old
Jewish man now living in
Australia.
Joseph Sprung is seeking
compensation for having twice been
turned away at the Swiss border.
The first time, according to
Sprung, Swiss border guards sent him
back to occupied France, but on the
second occasion he and three others

Policy
led to
deaths.

