European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday. September 1.1989 to Aid East germans re Jay move hundreds to West Jjon Hungary Vienna. Austria a inter National red Cross is working on a plan to ferry at least 1,500 East germans from Hungary via Austria to West Ger Many in next few Days an austrian government source said wednesday. The source who asked not to be named spoke amid mounting speculation of a solution to plight of thou Sands of East germans hoping to flee West from Hungary before they Are due envoy met with austrian for eign or Nam Azois mock. Foreign ministry spoke staff Hata Greinert said. Michael Jansen. Man foreign ministry s department thanked mock role so far in offering help to thou sat of East germans who have Al comment on Saccu to return Home when East German lation was in Vienna to help school vacations end this weekend. Implement reported red Cross plan. At least another 200 East germans Are of last week Hungary allowed 108 East holed up in West Germany s closed Juff germans holed up in West germans ions in East Berlin and Prague Fucho embassy in Budapest Hungary to go to Slovakia hoping logo to Ujj a Germany West Germany in a scheme also Organ where they receive automatic citizenship sized by Geneva based International and generous ass Mance in starting a new red Cross. Life. both West Germany and Hungary Wesly Jermany dispatched one of its stressed that this was a one time occur Motif senior diplomats on a Surprise visit rence and not a signal for East germans wednesday to Vienna where West to flood West Germany s closed missions in Budapest. Last week s exg4n�rjnsistcd of a Spe Cial charter Ligin to Vienna and a bus ride Towe Skierman a s Southern state of biyfl5f where an official said tuesday it four new Camps Are being set up for expected East German Arri Vals. Shh austrian que acc who reported new red Cross it cd it was not known whether a Cal Tajch of East germans would leave Hungary t or train. In Budapest senior foreign official Gyula Sec Sci told associated press that Hungary is in Contact with both Ger Many Over Fate of East German vacationers. Speculation of an imminent solution to their plight was fuelled by approaching end of East German school vacations this weekend. Thousands of East germans will have to decide whether to return Home or have their absence Noil immediately by Security forces. Both West German officials and Sec Sci denied a report in Munich Abc Ndoci Tung that 15.000 East germans would be allowed to travel West from Hungary by weekend. Sec Sci also denied a report on bavarian radio anti inc Bayern that 1,500east germans had already been permitted to travel direct to West Germany on West German passports issued in Hungary. Ice arc at least 1,500 East germans Curry nov waiting in three Camps in Budapest Nnake their flight West handsome 150,00 no 200,000 other East Ger mans on vacation Taf Hungary. Hungary s leading of position group hungarian democratic forum Esti mates some 10 percent of Tow fast Ger Man vacationers would like to flee to West Germany. Military Roundup Vicenza teams take 1 St 2nd in sapper stakes Vicenza Italy teams from 3rd in 325th inf regt in Vicenza won first and second place in 1989 sapper stakes combat Engi Neer Competition held last week. The airborne in combat team s engineers competing against 35 other teams won first and second place by being consistently Good in every event in Competition. The first place squad held Best scores for forced March live fire machine gun qualification vehicle slalom common task training and a placing a Point minefield. The team tied for first in Emp lacing a Hasty squad minefield. . Army units from throughout Europe competed for time and efficiency in events rang ing from installing concertina wire to breaching a minefield during four Day event. The com petition was hosted by 130th engr brigade in West Germany. Vicenza Book office wins award 2nd year in Row Vicenza Italy property Book office of 3rd in 325th inf regt in Vicenza has been named Winner of army s Supply excellence award for battalion size units for second consecutive year. The award is Given to Supply personnel who exceed army s standards of maintaining a combat battalion s Supply system and keeping it equipped to fight. In Case of Vicenza unit that amounts to More than 44,000 pieces of equipment. World today construction Accident kills 4 working on stadium Palermo Sicily a four workers were killed and one was seriously injured wednesday in a construction Accident in one of soccer stadiums that will Host matches of 1990 world cup. Police said. The incident occurred one Day after top ranking officials of International soccer federation visited Favorita stadium As part of their routine inspection of world cup venues.,police said workers were killed when a rivet Al support Structure collapsed while being Laid on Cement pillars. The injured worker was rushed to a Palermo Hospi Tal where doctors said he was in critical condition. An investigation was ordered. Mock bbl newscasts re creating final Days before Scarf of Wii Landor Jap Good evening headlines tonight Suc Lawley announces to bbl to viewers. Britain has set a warning to Herr Hitler we will stand by Polandii Atcher there s an Cerise Quality to news 39," a of mock newscasts that marry 50-year-old foot age to High tech television to re create last Days before world War ii. With her tones As Well As period jewelry she bought specially for program this doyenne of British television seems natural in role of wartime newscaster. \ but at 43, Lawley was t cd a born when War ended. And computer graphics have an unsettling Impact As they mingle with Grainy Bla Vand White photos of Helm cd germans and Gas mask Babics. The reporters on 15-Minutc Newt roundups arc real like Tim Sebastian reporting on evacuees coming Home from continent or Charles Wheeler ebb s while House correspondent. Now a reporting from Berlin and appearing in color again a Back drop of Brandenburg Gate in Black and White. Britain is being deluged with memories of sen. 1-3, 1939, when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland and Britain declared War on Germany. To schedules arc saturated with documentaries Akl drama. Newspapers arc publishing special supplements. A More than 100 new Hooks about War arc being 3published, from fresh histories to Coffee table volume of photographs. The emphasis is on Small aloof forgotten details of life on Home front. News 39" even claims to have unearthed a 50 old scoop newly discovered footage of crowds falling Over rubber balls that were strewn by an anti War a tester outside prime minister s Downing Street resin this week will be a time of sadness for Ninny. For some it will bring a nostalgic smile a Nuj Rory of Small but personal pan in history saw Paul Fox managing director of bbl to. Of for those born after event it a Jill be a time to learn what happened and /. But for some it s Loo much. A Jose Trench Coats. All those tin hats. All those smile Fri Cockney with a Mug of Tea amid sepia ruins a London. I can t face it. I m wrote Stephen iconoclastic sunday times columnist. F for most britons War wars have taken on a burnished nostalgic glow whey there is never any doubt where division Betic Enwood and evil lies and where there will always be a Happy ending As Christopher Booker put inn daily Telegraph. Although collective memory is of a nation United making huge sacrifices in noblest of causes anniversary is also reopening old controversies. Historians once Uain Are debating whether pre War British Goven Friem. In seeking to appease Hitler territorial Domagas in Europe was abjectly Craven or playing for tire Flo rearm. There is Cupi a debate about whether Britain should have joined Ine War. That Argjir Mcnol was rekindled by Cambridge univer sity historian Maurice Cowling who argued in sunday Telegraph that from a purely conservative viewpoint a victorious Germany would have been bbl to conk stator sue Sattley presents a mock news cast of events of ceding Start of world War ii. Preferable to a pot War Europe dominated by soviet Union and jolted slates. By staying out Ontic War he wrote Britain would have allowed Hitler destroy its natural enemy bolshevism and left pfc wish Empire intact. It is wrong to assume that a dominant Germany would have been More feud Lerable to Britain than soviet Union was to Becotte or that British statesmen had a duty to risk British Lites to prevent Hitler behaving intolerably to germans Aid others he conceded that Tekse Are harsh judgments which will be offensive to men Osgood will and flood of outraged responses to Telek aph proved him right professor . Allbones who worked on development of atomic bomb Wolf that had it stayed out. Britain would eventually have come under domination of a nuclear armed Germany. Other historians said Empire already was disintegrating before War and lord Glendyon a former tory minister wrote that War saved civilization and i am deeply thankful that i was old enough to join
