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ittle did Andy Woodiwiss of
Waterford realize what he
would find in 1997 when he
opened army footlockers stored in
his attic that had belonged to his late
grandfather, Maj. Warren R. Lambert.
They contained an extensive per-
sonal archive of War Crimes Tribunals
conducted by the U.S. Army at
Dachau from 1945-1947. On Nov. 18,
Woodiwiss officially handed over the
Maj. Warren R. Lambert Collection to
the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC)
on the Zekelman Family Campus in
Farmington Hills.
The Lambert Foundation and the
HMC jointly plan to develop the arti-
facts into both a permanent and a trav-
eling exhibit.
Lambert, who lived from 1906-1987
and was a Michigan resident for many
years, was a professional soldier. He
earned a Purple Heart and was in
the first platoon into the Battle of the
Bulge. He was appointed by President
Franklin Roosevelt as Chief Judge of
War Crimes Trials and presided over
the Dachau trials.
The collection contains exhibits
from trials, books, photos, paintings,
artifacts and meticulous handwritten
accounts of the dozens of Tribunals he
was involved in. Lambert's notes and
diaries reveal the intense, covert inter-
ference in them by various political fig-
ures. Included also in the archives are
photos taken by the Nazis and seized by
American soldiers.
"This is not just about the Holocaust;
it also demonstrates very graphically
that discrimination, genocide and
other evils against our fellow man still
exist and there is a continued need for
education:' said Samuel Gun, general
counsel for the Warren R. Lambert
Holocaust Preservation Corp.
"As Holocaust survivors and their
children die out, the lessons we can
learn must be shared. Andy, who isn't
Jewish, understood the enormity of the
atrocities revealed in this collection and
wanted to do the right thing."
When Woodiwiss — a GM retiree
now a licensed contractor — opened
the footlockers, he began a long jour-
ney. Over the years, he consulted with
art dealers, experts and other museums

Photos by Jos hua Now lekl/ HM C

War Crimes Tribunal artifacts
donated to HMC.

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Andy Woodiwiss of Waterford donates

his grandfather's artifacts to HMC exec-

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until he connected with the HMC.
"I wanted the collection to be in a place
where it will be appreciated and people
can learn from it',' Woodiwiss said.
An exhibit designer has been selected.
A filmmaker in British Columbia has pro-
duced a documentary about the collec-
tion and a book currently is being written.
"This is unique material that will be
viewed by future generations when the
remaining witnesses of that time are no
longer around:' said Stephen Goldman,
HMC executive director.
Guy Stern, director of the HMC's
Harry and Wanda Zekelman
International Institute of the Righteous,
said, "Maj. Lambert was a righteous
man, an upright American in uniform
and a hero of conscience who rendered
justice. He called for accountability.
Because of his determination to pre-
serve these materials, we have his eye-
witness accounts of the trials!'
Goldman said the HMC is encour-
aging members of the community to
donate any Holocaust or World War II
memorabilia they may have to enhance
the museum's exhibits. P1

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