European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 4, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3ex-nazi commandant Schwammberge arrives in Germany for War crimes trial Frankfurt West Germany up a accused nazi War criminal Josef Franz Leo Schwammberge charged with personally killing hundreds of jews in concentration Camps was flown from Argentina to West Germany thursday to be tried for mass murder and torture. The 78-year-old Schwammberge described As one of the 10 most wanted nazi criminals arrived under Security police escort at Frankfurt Airport wednesday. Schwammberge stepped gingerly Down the ramp of the Lufthansa aircraft. He was flown to West Germany after being placed in the custody of West German Security officials at Buenos Aires Airport. The former commandant of the Przemysla and Mie lec concentration Camps was also escorted by Stuttgart state prosecutor Christian Holscher. From the Airport he was taken to Stuttgart where he will face trial for mass murder and torture. In a Telephone interview rabbi Marvin Hier Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in los Angeles said the trial of Schwammberge a will be  Schwammberge was arrested in a Rural area of Argentina nov. 13, 1987. Since Argentina does not have an extradition agreement with West Germany prosecutors argued that Schwammberge illegally obtained Argentine citizenship by hiding his arrest record. Therefore he was not an Argentine and could be deported. Schwamm Berger a lawyers who said he was innocent asked an Argentine appeals court and the supreme court to reject the prosecutions argument. Both courts ruled against him. Schwammberge is believed to have fled to Argentina in 1948 after escaping from a French detention Camp where he allegedly signed a confession admitting that he murdered 35 prisoners and kept their belongings at the Przemysla Camp in Poland. The Wiesenthal Center which documents the Holo former nazi Josef Schwammberge in West Germany thursday where he will be tried for War crimes. Caust and tracks suspected nazis listed Schwammberge As one of the worlds 10 most wanted nazi War criminals. It paid for witnesses travel costs to Argentina to testify against him. He was accused of murdering hundreds of men women and children at the two Camps and taking pleasure in having his dog Maul prisoners. A we have 50 witnesses an unusually Large number considering that concentration Camp inmates remember him from Over 45 years ago and this is a reflection of the enormity of his crimes a Hier said. He said that a by comparison he makes convicted War criminal Klaus Barbie look like a minor  Schwammberge was reportedly suffering from heart and nerve ailments but a West German embassy spokesman who was not identified said he was a perfectly fit to  in 1985, West Germany asked for the extradition of accused War criminal Walter Kutschman who was arrested in a Buenos Aires suburb in 1985. But he died in Captivity before judicial proceedings could be completed. In 1960, israeli commandos kidnapped Adolf Eich Mann organizer of hitlers final solution for the jews in Europe from Argentina and brought him to Israel where he was found guilty of War crimes and executed in 1962. The kidnapping strained diplomatic relations Between Israel and Argentina which until recent years had been notably lax in seeking out and arresting former nazis. Hier said the extradition of Schwammberge leaves Alois Brunner As the Wiesenthal foundations most sought after accused War criminal. He said Brunner Eichmann a former Deputy now lives in Damascus Syria under the alias a Cdr. George fishery and is under the Protection of the syrian  oks Parade permit for skinheads Baltimore apr the administration of mayor Kurt Schmoke has reversed itself and approved a Parade permit for a White supremacist skinhead group rather than face a threatened court Challenge. Deputy City solicitor Ambrose Hartman said the City reluctantly approved the permit despite objections from Community leaders after concluding it could not win should the group sue on the grounds that its right to free speech was being denied. The group known As Bash or Baltimore area skin Heads said it wants to protest the arrival of soviet jews in the United states and would March within a month. The Baltimore Sun quoted an unidentified member of the group As saying the group selected a predominantly White working class area of Baltimore called Hampden because it is a one of the last White neighbourhoods  the group wants Marylander to take a stand against race mixing and what they say Are other threats to White Power he said. Eleven churches Community organizations and other Hampden civic groups asked the City to deny the permit after learning of the planned rally last month. Referring to two wealthier Baltimore neighbourhoods the Rev. David rim Bach pastor of the Hampden United methodist Church said a a they re not going to Parade though Roland Park or Charles Village they Are going to Parade through Hampden because they think its a place of hate and violence. A we done to want to be painted with those kind of colors anymore a he said. Skinheads Are known for their shaved Heads heavy boots and nazi insignia. They have been linked to racial and religious crime in More than two dozen states. French Assembly approves Bill against racial hatred violence Paris apr the National Assembly thursday approved a Bill targeted at the extreme right National front party that would bar anyone who provokes racial hatred or violence from holding elected office and government jobs for five years. The Bill which was passed by the Assembly 307-265 after an All night debate now goes to the Senate where it can be revised before being returned to the lower House. It must be signed by president Francois Mitterrand to become Law. Jean Marie be pen the Leader of the National front said the Bill was a without precedence in a Western  be pen watched from the Public gallery As the sole National front Deputy struggled without Success to introduce 80 amendments to Block or water Down the measure. An Alliance Between the socialist and communist parties which control a majority of seats in the Assembly pushed the Bill through while most of the conservative opposition voted against it. The Bill bans those found guilty by a court of racial discrimination or inciting racial hatred or violence trom running for office holding a government Post or sitting on a jury for five years. The Bill also makes it a Misdemeanour to deny the existence of crimes against humanity committed by the nazis during world War ii. Be pen won global notoriety in 1987 by terming the deaths of 6 million jews in the world War ii death Camps a a detail of  a because we Are All democrats be pen has never been denied his Freedom of expression a prime minister Michel Ricard said before opening the debate. A but for the same reason we can to accept that he can hold out these racist and anti semitic proposals without  the proposal also requires that magazines newspapers and broadcasting outlets provide right of reply space to victims of racially defamatory stories. Conservative deputies argued that the measure unnecessarily tampered with an 1881 Law guaranteeing Freedom of the press and accused the communists of opportunism. At a news conference before the debate be pen said the Law violated democratic traditions. A the French parliament is being called on to Institute a new penalty a the civil and political death of citizens guilty of opposing immigration and defending the French identity a he said. The Bill a approval comes after a government commission in March said that racism particularly against North african immigrants is spreading in France. Be pen a former paratrooper founded the National front in 1972. It has built its following by opposing immigration the country a most explosive social Issue. Be pen advocates expelling the 3.4 million moslem immigrants living in France.4 Whites accused in near Lynching of a Black Man Hernando miss. Apr four White men have been charged with kidnapping and attempted murder in the near Lynching of a Black Man after an assault on the 78-year-old Grandfather of one of the suspects. The incident began monday morning when a 78-year-old Nesbit Man was beaten at his Home and hospitalized. Several hours later his grandson and three other men abducted a 22-year-old Man and brought him to the grandfathers House said Danny Sowell chief investigator for the Desoto county sheriff s department. Sowell said the men beat their victim then forced him out of the House and under a tree. They swung a rope Over a limb placed it around his neck and tried to hang him in an apparent attempt to Force him to confess to the assault or identify the attacker Sowell said. When the Man cried out a name the four removed the rope and took him Back to the grandfathers House. Relatives called the sheriffs office Sowell said. Gerald Pettit 40, of Lake Cormorant and Vernon Brinson 39, David Whitman 32, and Randy Battles 29, of Nesbit were jailed on $75,000 Bond each