European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. April 20, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 . Backers assail Demjan Juk verdict App who still claiming that he is innocent. John demo injun is led from a Jerusalem courtroom in handful for. Cleveland a supporters of retired Auto worker John Demjan Juk were outraged thai israeli judges convicted him As inc nazi death Camp guard " Van the  and said the decision will arouse anti semitism in Amend. Demjan Juk a ukrainian immigrant to the a Csc land suburb of seven Hills was convicted monday in Israel of War crimes in connection with the deaths of �50,000 jews at the Treblinka death Camp in nazi occupied Poland in 1942 and 1943. Peter Jacyk a Toronto resident of ukrainian de scent who helped raise Money for Demjan Juk said monday the effect the verdict has on the world View of the jewish Community will be similar to the Crucifix Ion of Jesus Chrisl. "1 think people will be outraged because they know Demjan Juk is innocent Jacyk said. In the Long run it will have a very negative elect on Israel and jews to will definitely be Long   who could be sentenced to death or life. Imprisonment when the court reconvenes april 25, has gotten some of his strongest backing from Cleveland area residents of ukrainian descent. More than 200 people gathered sunday Al St. Vladimir s Cathedral in Parma a ukrainian orthodox Church to Pray for do Manjuk 68, and his family. It the conviction a bound to have a negative of feel on the american population s View of Israel said Dill Lis Conesky of Parma Whu Heads the Cleve land area United ukrainian organizations. The majority of americans feel 1hni Demjan Juk is inno  Lis Conesky said telephones Are probably very hot spreading the word among local ukrainians about do Manjuk s conviction. He said his coalition has about 20,000 Active members. There Are an estimated 2 million people of ukrainian descent in the United states. I understand very Well Why they ukrainians arc hurting very badly Laid Martin j. Plas Cleve land director of the american jewish committee la j like when someone gels Cut and you yell ouch and you Start cursing. That s what they re doing right now. In time 1 suspect the dust will Settle and Well get Back to doing things to bring the two communities  plan said lie was profoundly shocked by the sternness of the judges  but a former Cleveland lawyer who helped win do Manjuk s extradition to Israel in 1996 said the conviction did t Surprise him i think there was no doubt that he was Given a fair trial that every possible defense was raised and thoroughly defended said Alvin Todish a former Justice department lawyer who practices in Miami. There can be no doubt who John Demjan Juk really  Abraham h. Fosman National director of the Anli Dtra mation league of b Nai b Riih hailed the conviction of Demjan Juk so Gratifying evidence thai even 40 years after the holocaust Justice can prevail Over  Foxman said the yearlong trial reflected miracl t commitment to the democratic Rule of  in Albany n.y., Deborah Rausch who attended he trial said on behalf of her local chapter of holocaust survivors and Friend i in Pursuit of Justice we com mend the state of Israel for accepting this responsibility and we Hope they will continue to prosecute nazi War criminals who have found Haven throughout the  Elisabeth Hollzman a new York City prosecutor who formerly sponsored legislation in Congress to allow for deportation of nazi War criminals said inc conviction sends the world a signal that Naii War criminals cannot  Treblinka a Mournful chant Field of stones Treblinka Poland a the same Day John do Manjuk was convicted at War crimes hundreds of jews visited the Treblinka a i death comp where 850,000 jews perished in the Gas Chambers tic helped operate. As a Cantor s Mournful chant wafted across inc open Field covering the Camp s remains visitors searched monday among thousands of jagged memorial stones for the names of the polish towns where the victims had lived. My punts were killed Here my Sis ters my Brothers an Uncle an aunt were All Kibird Here said Jakub Sii Burstein 64, of Israel who was wearing a striped concentration Camp inmate s Cap. All 1 know is that if i had a gun i would shoot Demjan Juk with my own hands Silberstein a survivor of the Buchenwald and Auschwitz concen fration Camps said monday. A court in Jerusalem ruled on monday that the ukrainian bom Demjan Juk a retired Ohio Aulo worker was the Noto rious guard Ivan the terrible who helped operate Treblinka s Gas Chambers. The emotional pilgrimage for hundreds of jews from Israel the United slates and other countries followed observances of the 4ilh anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising Jacck Wilczura an official with the pol ish government s Noii War crimes investigation commission accompanied the israeli delegation.  had assisted israeli prosecutors in gathering evidence for do Manjuk s trial. Being Here on this Day has a symbolic significance he said. It is not a irial of one Demjan Juk that is important. It s a trial of the German system of  on tuesday the jewish visitors Fol Lowed the last route of the condemned jews of Ite Warsaw ghetto. They trav eled to Treblinka after dedicating a me Morial at the Umschlag Platz ii site near the Railroad siding from which 300,000 jews were deported to Naii death Camps. Travelling by bus they made the 53 mile trip to Treblinka Norott Cal of War Law in about i i hours. But 45 years ago cattle cars packed with people sometimes took several Days to travel the same Roule. In 19-12-43. A train Load of people could be undressed stripped of their be longings and killed in two hours. The 13 Gas Chambers could kill 2,000 people in 10 to 15 minutes. The nazis razed the Camp after a bloody prisoners revolt on aug. 2,1943, and planted Trees to hide Trees of their crimes. Today the Trees give the site a strangely Serene atmosphere. The polish government is raising Money to build a museum at Treblinka where now there is Only a memorial of stones erected in i �fi3, built to resemble a symbolic graveyard at the Center of the 23-acre bite is a massive Granite column resembling a Tombstone with a menorah a traditional Symbol of Judaism Hen Inlo one Side. In front is a Stone with inc inscription in six languages never again my feet arc planted on this land which hat mined on in the ashes of 800,000 jews who were brought Here said Chaika Grosman a member of the israeli Knesset or parliament and survivor of the i943 jewish ghetto uprising in the polish City of of Bialystok. My nation was destroyed before my eyes and i was helpless she said speak ing to about 1,000 jews and poles Al a memorial rally in front of the Monu ment. "1 come Here from Israel As a Pil grim to the Graves of my predecessors. Deputy prime minister Itzhaq Navon of Israel said the Only positive answer to the holocaust and Treblinka is increasing our numbers and strengthening the state of  people walked among the 17,000 stones scattered in the Field 130 of which Bear the name of polish cities and towns such As Biala Podlaska and Ostrow Mazowicki whose jewish inhabitants were transported to Treblinka. Other Stone markers Are inscribed with the names of the 10 countries from which jews were sent to Treblinka Poland Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia prance. Greece. Yujo Slavia Germany and the soviet Union. Some of inc jewish visitors prayed by an open pit. Filled with me lied Black Basalt which stands where the nazis burned inc bodies of their victims. Walking Back to the buses on the sunny Spring Day with temperatures in the 70s, visitors could hear Birds singing in the Trees surrounding he Field of stones. I  Page 1 of the child who when they first Sci look me seriously you know. He. Would talk to  but their last conversation was nothing like the firs. I talked Wilh him the Day before we left. He said i was living a dream if 1 thought he d support the baby. Thai s when 1 knew that this would be my  Susan was leaving Louisiana for West Germany on the Hight Over and in the ne\1 few Days she had time to think about what went wrong with her relationship but Drew a Blank when she tried in figure Oul what to do. I was Young and he was older 19 she said. I had my doubts. But 1 Don t think i should spend All my time worrying about How we might end up in the fun  just Days after enrolling in her new High school and prompted by student Grapevine reports that the nurse understands Susan made up her mind to talk 10 inc school nurse about inc fact she was pregnant. A lot of my friends come  Susan Laid refer ring to the nurse s office. She talked to me. She asked me if my parents knew and made an appointment for me 10 see a doctor. We never had a nurse at the of her  Susan decided to Tell her Mother that same Day. She started crying. She wanted to know Why i Lii Oil come to her sooner. She said it was t All that  and her father he was upset. 1 knew i knew by Liat look he gave me. He was concerned Hough i knew that too. But he really could t talk about it. After talking to her Mother Susan decided to have an a onion a decision that according to Susan. Was t really  and one her own Mother had nude years ago. "1 was thinking More of myself. I thought thai if i had an abortion utre d be no More  sullen said that Susan s decision was pretty usual " fora 14-year-old, the Impact of thai decision usually does t come until much later in life maybe even 10 Yean  ability to make a decision without ambivalence is the key to emotional health of the pregnant teen Sutton said. And Susan had no doubt about what she wanted 10 do and Why. If i had the baby she said "1 would have to spend most of my time with the child. I would t have had Lime for myself preparations for the a onion proceeded quickly Onee Susan made up her mind. The procedure included an interview with a German social worker who ended the session abruptly after Susan assured her thai the decision to have an abortion was her own. The social worker contacted a German clinic and one Lay later for about 450 Marks $270a German doctor look about two hours 10 perform the abortion. Since that experience Susan found a classmate fac ing str tame to Lunation she was in just months ago i did t say too much to her or Tell her what to do she said. I just listened. Everybody s gut to make up their own mind