European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 9, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3threats revive memories of holocaust it i he world looked on and did nothing while jews were being deported. We  d do something to make the world sit up and take notice to what s happening to the jews in  Erich Hirsch the nazis cynically coined the word to describe the broken windows of jewish shops and synagogues As if that were the worst that happened that night. Not Only did the nazis attack thousands of jewish shops and Homes they also burned and destroyed 267 synagogues. More than 30,000 jews were arrested the majority of whom were sent to concentration Camps. Another 91 jews were murdered in their Homes and on the streets. A the world looked on and did nothing while jews were being deported a Hirsch said. Hirsch recently recalled the events that led up to Grynszpan a action and the subsequent fallout. A i met Grynszpan in 1937 in a Paris cafe a Hirsch said. A we three of us were convinced that War was coming. But the world was sitting on its butt and not doing anything about it. A we decided wed do something to make the world sit up and take notice to what a happening to the jews in Germany a he said. A we wrote letters All Over the place but to no  while living in a tiny room with six other refugees Hirsch said he suggested getting guns. A i went to the Germany embassy and checked it out and noted the names of the top officials a Hirsch said. A Herschel suddenly had some Money and we bought five guns 1 think. We got them on the Black Market in Rue de Clichy. A a French Baron gave me the Money to buy the bullets which i got in a building in the Rue Rassier near the Rue do  it was to be a hit and run Job. Grynszpan Hirsch said wanted to shoot the German ambassador. A when we hard Grynszpan had gone it alone we celebrated but were angry that we weren to in on it a he said. Hirsch said he saw and spoke to Grynszpan later in Fresne prison where the Assassin was being held. Hirsch had been imprisoned for not having valid papers. A the was a hero for the French and he Felt like a hero a he Wasny to depressed at All. 1 saw him every Day for three months a Hirsch recalled. A i was serving a six month term. I told him to use the first Chance to escape. He did no to. After a few Days the world stopped talking about his deed. That was disappointing a just what we did no to want to  Hirsch had left Germany in 1933after his being half jewish kept him from being employed. A in those Days the old part of the City the Altstadt was mixed with catholics jews protestants a everyone seemed to get along with each other a Hirsch said. A i did no to even know that i was half jewish until i told my Mother that i needed written proof of my arianism to get a Job with the Siemens company a he said. A that was that a he said. A no future in  Hirschy a sister Helga then 10, and brother Horst then 12, weren tas fortunate. They were sent to Hadamard near Limburg to a notorious Camp that practice genocide on children. A i was invited to Hadamard a couple of years ago for a memorial ceremony. It took More than 40 years for them to install a Bell in memory of the children murdered there a Hirsch said. A a that a  Hirsch who moved Back to Frankfurt in 1953, worked at an office Job for the City a department of streets and highways until he retired. His spine is severely damaged from the nazis torture and it causes Nim constant pain. But More pain is caused by the thought that Germany and others have Learned so Little from the recent past Hirsch said. A i nearly got beaten up by some skinheads on Frankfurt a Haupt Wache Sauarl because i can to keep my trap shut a Hirsch said. A they were spouting nazi slogans and i got involved when i saw i was getting no backing from the crowd i linked  Hirsch says he has one wish left. He wants to finish the Book he began to write about his life. A i Hope to find a publisher a he said. A maybe someone can learn something from All my  a worker stands on a scaffolding to examine the 63-foot statue of Vladimir Ilyitch Lenin in Berlin. Workers started to dismantle the Monument Friday after weeks of debate Over whether to preserve it. By de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt Germany Erich Hirsch still suffers from the beatings he received at the hands of the Naii is and Gestapo in the numerous interrogations he underwent More than 50 years ago. And his nerves have been shaky for the last two years because of the threats he has received since he admitted on German television that he worked with the French underground during world War ii. A the Anonymous callers Tell me they forgot to Gas me under Hitler a said Hirsch 73. A and they say they re coming to get me. I Tell them to come on a in be got a gun and in a just waiting for  but another of Hirschy a confessions during that to interview probably raised the ire of nazis More than his joining the resistance. In 1938, he and two friends had planned to storm the German embassy in Paris and cause a Bloodbath to protest German treatment of jews. The plan was never carried out because one of the three refugee conspirators acted on his own. Seventeen year old Herschel Grynszpan shot and killed Diplomat Ernst com Rath As he left the German embassy at 78 Rue de Lille in Paris. The assassination was used by the nazis to mount nationwide attacks against jews on the night that entered history As the Kristal nacht or Crystal night. Historians pinpoint the so called Kristal nacht of nov. 9, 1938, As the overture to the holocaust. Jews and Many historians refuse to use the word Kristal nacht because it was the nazi euphemism for mass murder. The acceptable description is the Reich so Gro nacht night of the National  pay last respects to Lenin statue Berlin apr Black storm Clouds churned overhead As workers in rain slickers on Friday began slicing up a huge statue of Vladimir Ilyitch Lenin. Protesters some weeping decried what they called an assault on history. Only about 40 demonstrators were present when Berlin City officials finally began their heavily publicized removal of the 63-foot statue of the russian revolutionary in an East Berlin Square. The dismantling capped weeks of emotional debate and two unsuccessful Legal challenges Over whether the statue was a necessary historical artefact or an unwanted idol built by an oppressive regime. Germany has been much slower to yank Down its statues of communist heroes than other former East bloc countries. Many argue such icons Are a counterpoint to the nazi fascism that preceded communist Rule in former East Germany. The conflicting emotions were highlighted by the fact the statues removal began on the eve of two occasions the second anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall and the 53rd anniversary of Kristal nacht the night nazis destroyed synagogues and jewish shops in a horrible pogrom. Kurt Gutmann who watched the construction of the statue from the window of his apartment on Lenin Square 21 years ago said it represented the Victory Over nazism. A i think history cannot be changed by pulling Down monuments a said Gutmann 64, who said he was a Young jewish refugee who fled the nazis and fought with British forces during world War ii. Gutmann said his parents died in the Auschwitz concentration Camp. A should we also tear Down the Camps because we done to like the past a he asked. Leftist protesters staged a round the clock Vigil in recent weeks in an Effort to halt the dismantling the first major removal of a communist icon in former East Germany. Berlin City officials say the remnants of the statue would be stored and possibly reassembled at an exhibit of communist artefacts. Supporters and proponents of the statue argued among themselves in the frigid wind driven rain As Low storm Clouds sped overhead. Workers allowed news Crews to clamber up the Cage of scaffolding surrounding the statue to pose by Lenin a huge head. Workmen used a circular saw to Cut grooves in the angular Wall that frames the giant Lenin figure Hen from red ukrainian Granite. They planned to remove Lenin a massive head on monday. Ten police wagons loaded with riot troops were posted on the sidewalk that ringed Lenin Square which is to be renamed United nations Square. A few youths furtively hurled stones including one Young Man whose errant tosses continually flew wide of their Mark much to the derision of his friends. Police moved through the crowd but there were no other incidents. J a you will do anything for Money you criminals a an old woman screamed at workers through the temporary wire Fence that ringed the Square. Along the Square a a perimeter a tiny girl in a Pink jacket and flowered Snail carefully righted candles and Cut Flowers that had been blown Down by the Chilly winds. Some people who live in the massive apartment houses nearby said they had grown used to the statue and liked the distinctive feel it gave their neighbourhood like an old Oak tree or Art Deco bus station. A a it a a tragedy a said a teary eyed Rica Kolbe a 30-year-old homemaker who wore a photograph of Lenin around her neck