European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday january 22,1989 an Aerial photograph taken in 1930 of the Abrams building and surrounding Countryside in Frankfurt West Germany. Face lift returns Abrams Hall to its former glory by Janet Howells Tierne staff writer Frankfurt West Germany those who once munched Taco salads and cafes burgers under the Back dome of the Abrams building soon will feast on such menu offerings As preserving the common de sense by Frank c. Carlucci and should we help Gorbachev by Lutz Mann. For Many years the Back Rotunda of Frankfurt s Gen. Creighton w. Abrams building was used As a snack bar by the More than 1,500 people working inthe historic Structure. But in May the eatery Fried its last Fry in the mar ble walled room and workers moved in to restore the spacious Hall to its former grandeur. Originally built in 1930 to House the . Farben corporation a chemical concern that supported the nazi regime the building was one of the largest and most modern of its time. Expensive materials such As travertine Stone from Italy and red Marble from Portu Gal were used in its construction. After world War ii the building was used by  army Europe until 1952 when it became v corps Headquarters. Slowly everything from a Bank to a Bookstore moved in and set up business in what was later named the Abrams building. No one remembers when the original building technical Library became the in House eatery. We laughingly called it the Roach Tunda because with All the grease and condensation on those huge windows it was not a pleasant place said Judith a. Williams who has worked for a year in the Abrams building. Still at first i was resistant to them closing it because in spite of it being a Greasy spoon it was a convenient place to get Quick cheap  they had knocked holes in the Wall for the snack bar s exhaust fans said maj. Tyrone l. Waller the Abrams installation coordinator since july 1987. The whole Wall had to be replaced and the new Marble was treated to make it look As aged As the Marble on theother  the tile floors were replaced and the ceiling redone with a material that in 1930 was new on the Market and expensive to produce aluminium foil. It s thin As the foil that comes with chewing gum wrappers Waller said. For once using the original material was the cheapest Way to  a new lighting system was installed and windows some covered with Contact paper to hide the cooking area were replaced. The rear Rotunda restoration was completed As scheduled on dec. 5 for $169,000, the amount budgeted for the project from the maintenance and Genera funds account he said. Furniture for the Hall s eight seating areas is expected to arrive any Day and although it will look modern the design actually is from the 1930s, Waller said. The nearby bookshelves will be stocked with professional military Reading material. As soon As every thing is in place the Hall will be opened to the Public. It will be a place for visitors to relax and wait for someone and a reference Library for others Waller said. Now that i be seen what they be done there i m impressed Williams said. At one time this was a very grand building and the renovation brings Witback. I walk into work and feel  the room is expected to be officially dubbed the Eisenhower Rotunda after Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower during an As yet unscheduled dedication ceremony this Spring. For some the room probably will become a Retreat from the crowded offices and hallways of the bustling nine floor building. Despite More than 1,000 offices not a Day goes by that someone does t come asking for More space Waller said pointing to charts he maintains to keep track of the building s 55 different activities. The snack bar now set up in two Small rooms Down the Hall from its past lofty location probably will be expanding soon he said. To ease some of the Abrams building s congestion caused by More than 1,400 daily visitors Waller is trying to relocate some of the base services to other areas on the installation. While no new space is available a master plan to upgrade the whole building is on the drawing Board forthe future. The tiles on the front of the building Are held on by Fon studs and they Are showing rust Waller said. No expense was spared when this place went up and the steel supports have been found to be solid but 60years is a Long  any exterior improvements on the Abrams building Are subsidized by West German funds because of it historical value. Pravdo uses War hero s memoirs to smear Sfa a Moscow a the image of Josef Stalin As a War hero by publish  Friday previously secret sections of the memoirs of world War ii marshal Georgy Zhukov which blame him for the annihilation of thou Sands of soviet citizens. Stalin de pravda shattered Stalin picked himself As the Savior of the soviet Union during world War ii and the image has endured despite Western stud ies that blame a Large part of the soviet losses on Stalin s purge of the red army officer corps in the late 1930s and his refusal to believe that nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler could turn on him and invade. Zhukov was Deputy commander in chief of the soviet armed forces during the War second Only to Stalin. Zhukov is considered a hero of the defense of Moscow and Stalingrad. Pravda quoted Zhukov s daughter Maria Zhukova As saying the marshal s memoirs often have been cited by Stalin its As proof that Stalin was a magnificent Leader rather than the criminal portrayed in recent soviet publications. But she said key sections of her father s writings were left hidden in his Safe for publication at some future less dangerous Date. Many thousands of outstanding party workers members of the armed forces faithful patriots of the Moth Erland and talented leaders of the coun try were annihilated by the order of Stalin from 1937 to 1939, Zhukov wrote. Of course one cannot forgive Stalin. The full Page of new excerpts published in pravda include Zhukov s re port that Stalin played no role in direct info a War Effort though he often called front line commanders to Issue orders devised by the general staff As i they were his own. Pravda said Zhukov wrote an entire chapter on Stalin s repressions of the army but virtually All of it was deleted from publication in his original memoirs. Pravda published Only a few paragraphs on the subject itself instead concentrating on Zhukov s memories from world War ii in which at least 20million soviets died. The newspaper said Maria Zhukova was planning a Book based on her father s newly revealed notes