European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday june 11. 1991 Kohl honors victims of soviet Buche Nwa id Weimar Germany apr Chancellor put smut Kohl Laid wreaths monday to Honor for the first time victims of stalinist oppression who lie in a Forest site containing unmarked Graves beside the Buchenwald nazi concentration Camp / the Fate of an estimated 8,000 to 13,000 people who died in the soviet Camp at Buchenwald after world War ii had been suppressed in former communist run East Germany. Details have been emerging slowly since the collapse of the communist government in late 1989. In Early 1990, the first newspaper stories were published reporting discoveries of shallow mass Graves just outside the barbed wire marking the Boundary of the nazi Cra Camp. Some 65,000 people a mostly jews and German political prisoners a were worked to death at the Camp or executed. The nazis cremated their victims but those who died under soviet secret police incarceration from 1945 to 1950 were simply buried. If records were kept those were taken to the soviet Union. Many German families still done to know the Fate of relatives arrested after the War. Now a simple gravel path leads some 200 Yards into the Forest a new sign says a grave Field a special Camp a and farther on another sign reads a More mass Graves Are to be found in other places in the surroundings of the  Kohl visiting Weimar for a meeting of his Christian democratic Union walked solemnly Down the path with 25 colleagues including former East German pre Micro Lothar de Maiziere. Kohl placed a Floral Wreath on a plot marked with six symbolic crosses. The Wreath was inscribed a to victims of tyranny a the politicians stood silently for two minutes at the. Simple memorial then went to the other Side of the Camp and Laid an identical Wreath at  Stone. Monument to the nazi Era  i am very glad the government is paying official tribute to the victims of stalinism a said Joachim Kersten who came to the ceremony carrying copies of the few old documents that revealed the Fate of his father Walter Kerstena the tragic thing is that my father had already been put in a concentration Camp by Hitler a Kersten said. One document showed his father was released by the nazis in 1942., a after the War the russians arrested him because he was a capitalist a said Kersten who himself spent the Early postwar period in . And French pow Camps. Ain 1950, Kersten s family was told that two survivors of the soviet Camp at Buchenwald had witnessed the elder karst Cne a death. A the is buried Here somewhere a Kersten said waving an Arm towards the wooded area. Although Many German families had some idea of what had happened at Buchenwald under soviet Rule after the War the Story was suppressed by East Germany. Buchenwald grew into a or tort but effective National memorial that puts most stress on the inmates uprising in the last Days of War. Little emphasis is Given a even in literature now Given out in the Buchenwald memorial a on jewish inmates. Kersten said he had often talked about what happened to his father but Only to friends and colleagues. A if we spoke too loud we would have had to leave the country or lose our jobs a he said. Many of the germans who disappeared in the soviet Camp were nazis or nazi supporters but people who had done nothing wrong also reportedly died there. A Way with water this Berlin Driver needs no boat when he wants to take a Little cruise. He can simply hop into his car head for the nearest body of water and keep on driving right onto it. On sunday he took his car boat to the spree in Berlin and made a few Waves on the Lake while enjoying some Nice weather. Uan world polish air controllers strike for More Money from wire reports Warsaw Poland a air traffic controllers went on strike monday for higher wages halting Domestic and International air travel in and out of Poland. A there arc no planes Over Poland a said Marek Wos spokesman of the polish airports Wos said a strike committee representing 120 controllers held talks overnight with the transport ministry but they failed prompting the strike to begin at Daybreak monday. A there Are six airports in Poland including International facilities in Warsaw Poznan in Western Poland Krakow in the South and Gdansk in the North on the Baltic coast. A controllers make s378 monthly twice As much As the nation s average salary. A they demanded to raise their wage six times to make roughly the same amount of Money the traffic controllers in the West make a Wos said. Wos said controllers also want their workweek Cut from 40 hours to 32 hours. Bombay Rains kill 47 new Delhi India a the worst Monsoon Rains in at least four decades flooded one fourth of Bombay Over the weekend killing at least 47 people As houses and Walls collapsed under the torrential  deaths brought the toll to 87 in the summer Monsoon that has in the past week swept up indians Western coast press Trust of India said monday. In addition to the deaths reported in Bombay at least  died in other parts of surrounding Maharashtra state the news Agency said. Paris outskirts policed. A Fri. 1a a a a a Paris a two extra battalions of heavily armed riot police have been drafted into the outskirts of Paris after the weekend slaying of a policewoman and an Arab teen Ager Interior minister Philippe Marchand said monday. Last month the number of companies  de Security riot officers assigned to the troubled Paris suburbs was doubled from two battalions to four. Mondays decision which came just hours after president Francois Mitterrand demanded Swiff action to resolve the problems in the suburbs Means that there will now be six cars battalions available to Deal with any future outbreaks of violence a policewoman died sunday when a car driven by Young Joy riders smashed through a police Roadblock. 1 Ira claims responsibility Belfast Northern Ireland a the Irish Republican army has claimed responsibility for detonating a Large explosion in a housing area damaging More than 40 Homes. A statement from the Ira said the attack in a protestant area of Dona Cloney 20 Miles Southwest of Belfast was aimed at members of the Royal Ulster constabulary who live in the area according to press association the British news Agency a police officer and a female resident were treated for minor injuries following the explosion at 10 minutes past Midnight on sunday. Authorities said seven Homes were so badly damaged that they probably will be demolished. The Ira has made police officers and members of the army prime targets in its Campaign against British Rule in Northern Ireland. Managua Nicaragua up Security agents have discovered plots to assassinate president Violeta Chamorro and her top aide reports said Antonio Leayo Chamorro a chief policy maker told Managua newspapers that state Security organizations have uncovered plans to kill him and Chamorro. Quot there Are also plans against another government official Quot sundays barricade and u Nuevo Diario newspapers quoted a Leayo As saying., he dial not name the other official or reveal any other details. A it would seem that some people Are interested in getting rid of certain government officials Quot Leayo said. Quot it Isnit Good to say anything  Leayo. Who refused to.  responsible for the plot said Security agents Are investigating the matter. He did not say whether he or Chamorro were tightening personal Security. Sandinista army chief Humberto Ortega brother of former president Daniel Ortega said late last week that rightist groups disenchanted with Chamorro a 14 month old coalition government were intent on carrying out the assassinations. A the extreme right is preparing attacks against president Chamorro and her presidential minister Leayo a Ortega told the National Assembly. Quot Ortega said Interior minister Carlos Hurtado might also be a target of right Wing groups. Leayo said groups opposed to government reconciliation efforts would like to take Power. Quot i understand that the plots Are Pri revealed Marily due to political ambitions. We Are promoting National reconciliation cooperation among nicaraguans and a country based on rights a he said. Leayo has accused vice president Vir Gilio Godoy of inciting reared contras in Northern Nicaragua. Although no serious clashes have been reported the sandinista army says the reared groups have shot at military Road construction Crews. Godoy has sharply criticized Chamorro for yielding to too Many sandinista demands