European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I f Var lamp a amp amp Mimi to a i j amp of Quot v it <.41 it a Quot a Ltd a / a it a it of Quot Quot i a a a v a / a a it i i i a a. It it it it a it a to it 4 1 k Cut sgt Jyz us so a a a  Viii by res tt�p�3e i via to. A a a a a a a Alit a most of Buchenwald s barbed wire fences and buildings still stand keeping the Camp s memory alive. Rabbi maj Hershel Portnoy Center chants a prayer at the jewish prisoners  photos by Vince crawl Eythe horror lives on by Effie Bathen Nurnberg Bureau Elbe Nunez said everyone knows what happened in the German concentration Camps of world War ii. Quot it s not new to me but it still touches my heart Quot said the 3rd inf div specialist As she stood in Roll Cah Square at Buchenwald concentration Camp. The Camp is now a German National memorial located on the Ottersberg a / 1 Mountain above Weimar in former East Germany. ,. Nunez Vyas one of nearly 500 americans on a trip. A earlier this month to the concentration Camp sponsored by the Wurzburg Germany Community in Observance of National holocaust remembrance week. \ a a ten buses a eight from Wurzburg and two from a. A a Nurnberg a left in  chill Thea hour journey from Wurzburg which resulted in several complaints was on some of the same winding Back roads used by the nazis during their prisoner death marches. Near the end of the War the nazis not wanting to leave inmates alive for the allies marched tens of i a. Thousands to deaths of starvation and exhaustion before they could be saved. Small plaques marked the. Routes. 1 officially 65,000 prisoners wore killed in the Camp they included soviet prisoners poles jews and Many. A others considered subhumans or enemies of Adolf Hitler. In less that eight years a Quarter million people from 35 countries were counted on Roll Call Square where. Inmates were forced to stand in formation for up to 18 hours a. A. A a a a. As on any other sightseeing tour the americans took photographs of Points of interest a Marker for Block 46 where medical experiments were performed the stake where prisoners were tied the loaded cart they were Fok etl to push As  ovens. Fevo women stopped four soviet soldiers who were. Also touring the grounds and posed with them for photos. According to their brochure 8,483 soviet prisoners of War were murdered in a converted horse stable. During the tour rabbi maj Hershel Portnoy helped the americans remember those who had perished five decades before. He is a Reserve array chaplain from Nurnberg and serves the bavarian area. Standing on the Square where Many prisoners died he Sang out a a a Kaddish a hebrew prayer of remembrance for the dead. Quot it is usually recited by the next of Kin said Portnoy Quot but we have no idea who is the next of Kin because  perished unnaturally. So now we understand that it is up to the world Community to say the  a a for Many of those on the Tohir the simple memorial service was moving. "1 would listen to him All evening. I looked at his eyes i could see his pain Quot said Sandra. Nurse a Mother of four from Nurnberg. A. Nurse found it hard to imagine the suffering millions who died in Hitler s War. In 1989, during operation just cause she was in Panama City two doors Down from Gen. Manuel Noriega s Headquarters she remembers running with her family through the streets to escape the fighting. Now with her husband deployed to the persian. Gulf she also knows about families wrenched apart by a War a o v. V. Yet Quot horrible Quot was the word she used to describe what she now saw firsthand at  fully one third of the whole world jewish population died in the holocaust a 6 million of 18 million Quot said. Portnoy. Quot at least they Don t die a second death by. Letting us  \ a a a. A a an English language brochure with a definite socialist slant is available to explain the me Norial s exhibits. Visitors can also see an English language \ movie but it is not always shown so visitors should Check in Advance. There i a restaurant at the museum. There is currently no admission charge but that May change next month a4 stripes Magazine april 18, 1991