European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes thursday october 4,1990 tributes to Germany from Europe Israel marred by anxiety London a world leaders on wednesday showered congratulations on the new Germany. But in Europe the continent with a giant new Power and Long memories signs of anxiety tinged the historic Day. A we face the future As friends allies and partners a prime minister Margaret Thatcher said in a message to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. However she said in a British television interview this week a Germany will be very dominant in Europe so it will be up to the rest of us not to allow it to dominate. Others of us have powerful Many european newspapers referred on wednesday to world War ii and some included German words from the nazi cry of the 1930s a vein Volk Ein Reich Ein i Ihrer a one people one state one Leader. But others focused on the realization of a dream a what norwegian foreign minister Kjell Magne Bon Devik called a the end of the postwar division of in Washington president Bush in a taped message from the Oval office congratulated the people of Germany on tuesday. A today the German nation enters a new Era a Bush said. From Moscow soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev sent Kohl congratulations tuesday. He paid tribute a to All those in my country and in your country who. Did not yield to prejudice and fears but persistently worked for the future making this peaceful and worthy solution of the a German issues and president Francois Mitterrand of France who like Thatcher has reservations about German dominance told Kohl a we have come a Long Way together. We Are going to continue. Tell those close to you Tell All germans of the Solidarity of even the worlds current pariah Iraq weighed in with a message to the a Friendly Germany Germany Stop Diplomat in Israel Heimo Richter Laid a Wreath on wednesday in memory of the 6 million jews slain in the holocaust. He assured Israel that his reunited country would never reject responsibility for its nazi past. The ceremony at the had Washem memorial to the jewish victims of the nazis underscored the sadness and worry Felt by Many israelis Over the merging of East and West Germany. The speaker of israelis parliament Heimo Richter Germany a charge do affaires in Israel left lays a Wreath wednesday in Jerusalem at a memorial to the 6 million jews slain in the holocaust. At right is the German military attach to Israel col. Eckhardt Weiss. Dov Shilansky himself a concentration Camp survivor called on israelis to recite the a Kaddish a a hebrew prayer of mourning. A today the murderers from both sides Are unified a he said on Israel radio. A Germany has a stain on its clothing that cannot be polish born prime minister Yitzhak Shamir whose parents died in the holocaust met briefly with Richter before the ceremony. Richter handed Shamir a let Ter from Kohl restating Germany a commitment to maintain a Friendship and cooperation with Israel Shamir spokesman Avi Pazner said. Shamir told Richter that he was a disappointed there was no mention of the holocaust in the German reunification treaty Pazner added. But Shamir also sent a Good wishes to Kohl because this is a Day of much significance to the German people a Pazner Walker puts sizzle into City s party by Effie Bathen a a Niernberg Bureau Nurnberg Germany a germans who weren to in Berlin on tuesday night were not quite sure How to celebrate their nations reunification. A it Only happens once every 45 years or so a said one prospective Ccle Brator in Nairn bergs sold District As he walked up to the City a walled Castle. He had a Black red and Gold German Flag thrown Over his shoulders and he was looking along with hundreds of others for the Celebration. For Winfried Honig an instructor at one of the local teachers schools walking Over hot coals Barefoot and wearing a Kilt was his Way to Welcome the Union with the five former East German states. A i have a bucket of hot coals for every new state a he told about 200 people who had gathered at the base of St. Lorenz Church. The red coals were symbolic of love he said. A a in a doing it to show that unification is not just signing contracts and paragraphs. We Are human beings who must come together a said Honig who teaches English at the Georg Simon ohm school. Niernberg resident Marcus Winhofer though Wasny to sure Unity will be such a Good thing. He and three of his friends were on their Way to the Zeppelin Field or what americans Call soldiers Field on the Southern Side of the City. They had heard that a some skinheads were going to gather at the site where Adolf Hitler held his massive nazi rallies. Winhofer 19, does no to like skinheads he said. And he does to like East germans much either. A i live where lots of Der German democratic Republic people live. They take away apartments a he said. A a people who think they can come Here to make Money have put lots of my Western friends on the he was going to watch the Midnight activities at the Zeppelin Field he said because he did no to have to go to school wednesday Unity Day. Most others in the old City though celebrated the fast approaching moment of unification a Little More Lightheart edly. Glasses of Foamy Beer filled tables where people squeezed into every bar and restaurant. A Midnight special Shine your Light on me a were the lyrics being Sung Elvis style at the Bur Wachter restaurant below the Castle. A a i think Unity is a Good thir the evenings entertainer wh6 had parked his car with / the extra �?o1-eivis�?� License plate in front of the door. F a i visited Graceland four years ago a said Wittmann 41, who has listened to a the King so records since he was a teen Ager. A i knew i would grow up to sing like 3&s Effle Bathen Winfried Honig pours out five piles of glowing coals tuesday night in Niernberg to celebrate West Germany a unification with the five East German states. He later walked across the coals Barefoot and wearing a Kilt. Said Harry Wittmann him As for the Unity party a we have Only a Happy time Here a he said holding his guitar in his Lap. Among some 400 people who climbed to the historic Castle to Check out the Midnight courtyard Celebration was pc. John Cameron from Alexandria to. He and the two buddies with him spec. Robert Biinte and pvt. 2 Kent Deshotel Are Bridge specialists from the 16th engr in stationed at nearby Johnson Barracks. A we came to help the germans celebrate a Camero said. After the fireworks Flag waving and Champagne pop Ping had settled Down he said he did no to know Whethe Unity was going to be so Good for the German econom a but get Over it a for a Soldier its very unsettling a he added., a to done to know your enemy. Do we have a Job a a Parpos a Here anymore a
