European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 20, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9over Here victim shares Story of nazi atrocities Wurzburg program leads up to Dod holocaust Observance by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau Wurzburg West Germany a Rita Prigmore and her twin sister were 6 weeks old when nazi doctors began tests on them at Wurzburg a University Hospital in 1943. After Only a few Days of experiments on the two gypsies Png More a sister was dead and Prigmore had an Inch Long wound on her brain for the last 47 years she has experienced migraine headaches dizziness and fainting spells. Her eyesight sporadically blurs or goes Black. Despite her Eye problems Prigmore has a Clear vision of Germany a nazi past. It is a vision that she shared wednesday with members of the Wurzburg military Community As a prelude to the Days of remembrance a department of defense Observance of the holocaust being held from sunday to april 29. In her speech Prigmore described what her Mother Theresia Seible saw at the Hospital where the experiments were conducted. The body of her sister a was lying in a Bathtub wrapped in a White Robe a Prigmore said. A she had bandages wrapped around her  Prigmore and her Mother Are unsure what the doctors were trying to do. But Prigmore thinks she has a Good idea. A they were trying to Dye our eyes Blue a she said in an interview pointing to a picture in a Book. The photo showed a victim of such an Experiment who had a scar on the left Side of his head a like Prigmore. Prigmore remained in the hands of the nazis until she was 1, when she was returned to her Mother. The fatal Experiment was Only part of the suffering that the nazis inflicted on Seible. Like Many gypsies jews and others deemed unacceptable by Hitler and his nazi party Prigmore smother was forced to sign papers stating that she would Bear no children. When she got pregnant the nazi secret police ordered her baby aborted but cancelled the order when they found out she was carrying twins. A they wanted twins for medical experiments a Prigmore said. The nazis threatened to Send the entire family to a death Camp if Prigmore smother did no to surrender her babies. Later Seible was sterilized. A the most Beautiful thing a woman can do in this world is give a child to her Man a said Seible 69. A they took that away from  Mother and daughter wednesdays speech was a Homecoming of sorts. After world War ii Seible married an american service member and Prigmore grew up on military bases around the world. Before her divorce Prigmore was a military wife As Well. She worked As a commissary checker both in the United states and in Frankfurt. In the interview Prigmore talked about her reasons for speaking out. A i think its a very Good time a she said referring to the rapid March toward unification that East Germany and West Germany Are making. A people ism  Al a hmm is amps John Millar Rita Prigmore standing at left and her Mother Theresia Seible display papers showing they were victims of nazi doctors. Capt. Karl Zeff right photo 3rd inf div psychiatrist Heads the Wurzburg holocaust Observance and his wife Sherilyn Gordon performs a dramatization called a i will not  should open their eyes and think what could  Prigmore is concerned that people will ignore the past and thus be doomed to repeat it. A people say it the holocaust can to happen again. Just look at the Berlin Wall coming Down. No one would Ever have thought that would happen a she said. Capt. Karl Zeff chairman of the Wurzburg Observance said he a worried that the Kristal nacht which occurred nov. 9,1938, will be overshadowed by the fall of the Wall which occurred nov. 9, 1989. On that night in 1938, hitlers nazis arrested about 30,000 jews damaged about 250 synagogues and wrecked hundreds of shops across Austria and Germany. A Many people done to believe that the holocaust even happened a Zeff said. A for they say a it will never happen again so Why should we bother remembering it a a Zeffe a 3rd inf div psychiatrist and jewish Lay Leader in the Community said that for people to understand Why holocaust observances Are held it helps to understand what the holocaust was. A the holocaust was the systematic annihilation of 6 million jews a men women and children a by the nazis and their collaborators a he said. A millions of other people were swept into that net of death a slavs poles gypsies homosexuals and Jehovah a  the purpose of the Wurzburg Observance is a to recall and study and learn a zen said. A what we learn is that Man is capable of the most despicable forms of behaviour but he a also capable of great courage and Hope such As was displayed by the  efts wife Sherilyn Gordon wants people to Sec those two faces of the holocaust. Gordon will portray both nazis and their victims during a performance in Wurzburg on april 29. The show is titled a Mani to a Shiakh a which is hebrew for a i will not  it is based on excerpts of plays poems nazi Cata logs diaries and songs that document the jewish plight from hitlers Rise to Power in 1933 to end of War in 1945. Gordon has performed variations of the show in Washington and Hawaii. A this is the first time in be done it in Germany a she said. A the purpose is not to Point fingers at people. The purpose is to make sure it does no to happen again a she said. A a it a hard to believe in the 20th Century that something so Barbaric could have happened but it  at the luncheon Prigmore apologized for her speaking voice which wavered at times. A a it a been a Long Lime and it brings Back memories a she said. She told the crowd that the horror of the holocaust did no tend when she left the Hospital. A i went through a second holocaust a she said about the years of ailments and her Battles with the West German bureaucracy for compensation. A this has been with me All my  the spellbound crowd gave a warm applause when she ended her speech by saying a a let a not have another  sitting nearby Prigmore smother wiped tears from her eyes. Group fears new toy would let kids eavesdrop Washington apr Little brother can play big brother with a toy Long Range microphone complains a children a advocacy group that says the toy encourages illegal eavesdropping by children. But the manufacturer of the spy tech Long Range microphone says there a Only a a Remote possibility the new toy could be used for eavesdropping. A a we be developed a toy line that is totally non violent. Its Safe its fun and non violent a said Jim Alley senior vice president for marketing at Tyco industries inc., the nations fifth largest to maker. Peggy Charren president of action for children a television said wednesday the group would ask the Federal communications commission to investigate the toy. The group said it also would ask the Federal Trade commission to review print and broadcast advertisements for the microphone. Tycon a spy tech toy line includes the microphone an undercover Vest binoculars an intruder Alert Periscope fingerprint kit Walkie talkies and a hidden camera. The toys each sold separately Are designed for children 8 years and older. A part of it is just a pretend spy kit a said Charren explaining the group Irene a television said wednesday does no to object to the Complete line. A the problem is that the listening device works. It is not then a toy it is an eavesdropping  such criticism is a amazing a Alley said. The television commercial for the toy a does not depict children using any of the spy tech toys in any anti social behaviour a he said. The advertisement shows two children using the microphone to hone in on the sound of a Many a whistling but Charren warned it could be used for other listening. A that message of listening to somebody when he does no to know you re listening is one anybody can get from the advertisement a she said. The company is a providing the Means and encouragement to Young children to surreptitiously spy on their unsuspecting playmates friends families and neighbors a said Rudolph Brewington a privacy advocate and Washington based free Lance journalist in an april 10 letter to Tyco president Richard Grey. Alley said there is Little Chance the microphone which Sells for under $20, could be used for eavesdropping. A a it a a toy. Its not a High tech listening device a he said noting a it works Only in line of sight and not through Walls windows or doors. He also said it could not be concealed because of its size and Bright red colouring