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Lunch With A
Nazi Hunter

Washington, D.C.

movement in World War II.
"The very first brief I ever
li Rosenbaum sifts
signed as an attorney after I
through some
was admitted to the bar in
papers before lunch,
1981 was a brief to the Sixth
although "some papers" may
Circuit Court of Appeals in
Detroit regarding Trifa," he
be a slight understatement.
said. Trifa was deported in
His desk, his couch, his
Harry K irsbaum 1982.
chairs and a big portion of
his floor are all buried some-
Colu mnist
Rosenbaum left OSI after
where underneath the
three years.
mound of files stacked everywhere in
"The work was so depressing I
his corner office on the second floor of couldn't take it anymore he said.
After a time with a well-paying but
a non-descript downtown Washington
office.
boring Wall Street law firm, he worked
at the World Jewish Congress, before
It's embarrassing to him that it's so
messy; but if it helps him deport
OK lured him back.
"A few years later Justice lobbied me
Nazis, who cares about tidiness?
Rosenbaum has been the director of to come back as deputy director at OSI
the Justice Department Office of
Special Investigation for 10 years; and
his team of 40 lawyers, historians and
support staff has deported 100 Nazis
who snuck into the country after
World War II.
As the son of Holocaust survivors,
I've taken pleasure in writing about
Nazis like Johann Leprich, who were
caught in Detroit; and I've kept in close
contact with Rosenbaum over the
years, but I didn't get the chance to
visit him until recently.
We sat over lunch and talked about
why a man born in New York City with
a Harvard law degree would become a
Eli Rosenbaum at work in his
Washington office
Nazi hunter.
After reading Simon Wiesenthal's
memoirs, and other Holocaust books,
in 1988, and I've been here ever since!'
Right now, 19 cases are in court
his interest was piqued.
"I had always had an interest in how
around the country; and OSI is investi-
these people got away, and the fact that gating 57 people.
they got away:' he said over a vegetari-
"That's more ongoing Nazi prosecu-
an burger in a German restaurant.
tions than all the other governments in
As a second-year law student in the
the world put together': he said.
When President Bush signed the
fall of .1978, he read in the news that
an office had just been created to focus Intelligence Reform Bill on Dec. 17,
on the Nazi cases, so he made a phone
2004, OSI's responsibilities expanded
call the next morning and became an
to include perpetrators of more recent
atrocities, he said. "Preventing those
intern by summer.
"I fell in love with the work and was
people from settling here is the
deeply impressed with the people
responsibility of Homeland Security.
doing the work': he said, emphasizing
We are responsible for the case if they
that he's still proud of the OSI team.
get here and they become American
"My fondest ambition was to return
citizens!'
It's comforting knowing that old
after graduating!"
His first case took him to Detroit.
Nazis as well as more recent perpetra-
Viorel Trifa, a bishop of the
tors of genocide are .looking over their
Romanian Orthodox Church in
shoulders because Eli has a file on
them somewhere only he can find on
America, was allegedly a student
his desk. ❑
leader of Romania's fascist Iron Guard

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Meet one of the faces of success

Manuel Brown, M.D., is the
chair of the department of
Radiology at Henry Ford
Hospital. He also is part of the
Henry FordMedical Group.

Dr. Brown enjoys the challenges
of diagnoses. As a board-certified
radiologist and nuclear medicine
physician, he sees patients with a
variety of disorders.

"The broad aspect of radiology
touches many specialties," he
says. "Whether the patient is
being treated by a physician in
orthopedics, surgery, pediatrics,
cardiology, or numerous other
specialties, the majority will get
imaging exams in Radiology.
These range from X-ray,
mammogram and ultrasound,
to angiography, magnetic reso-
nance imaging (MRI), computed
tomography (CT), nuclear
medicine studies and positron
emission tomography (PET).

"Radiology is an integral part of
the evaluation of most patients
at some time in their hospital-
ization. Many patients also get
imaging when being evaluated
by a primary care physician or
specialist," he says.

"A radiologist is a medical
doctor who specializes in
diagnosing and treating dis-
eases by using medical imaging
techniques. The radiologist is
an expert consultant to the
patient's primary physician.
We work together to choose
the proper type of exam and to
interpret the results of the
images. As radiologists, we also
treat patients with
minimally invasive, image-
guided procedures."

Now in his fourth year at Henry
Ford, Dr. Brown spent 14 years
at the Mayo Clinic. He has been
involved in research on gastroin-
testinal disorders and infectious
diseases, as well as orthopedic
and cardiovascular conditions.

"I chose to
come to Ford
because it is a
unique med-
ical environ-
ment in the
metropolitan
Detfoit area,"
says Dr.
Brown.

"The Henry Ford Medical
Group is an integrated medical
group practice. This is very
different than the standard
model of care where physicians
are in private practice. The
Henry Ford Medical Group was
modeled after the Mayo Clinic
and has the same advantages of
a large group of highly trained
and skilled physicians working
together for the patient.

"At Henry Ford, physicians and
other caregivers have instant
access to the patient's medical
record through our electronic
medical records. Obi. physicians
also have immediate access to
our patients' imaging exams
through our electronic Picture
Archiving and Communication
System or ePACS. This is the
optimal way to deliver health
care to our patients."

Dr. Brown was influenced in
his choice of specialty by his
uncle Dr. Maurice Tatelman,
who had served as chair of
Radiology at a local hospital.

An active member in many
professional organizations,
Dr. Brown is on the Board of
Chancellors and is the chair of
the Nuclear Medicine
Commission for the American
College of Radiology. He also is
a member of the Board of
Governors of the Central
Chapter of the Society of
Nuclear Medicine.

.Dr. Brown and his wife Loretta
reside in Birmingham.

1056060

For more inlOrmation or to make an
appointment call 1-Boo-HENRYFORD or
visit our Web site wunv.henryford.com

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