European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes Friday May 8,1992 two views of Marlene Dietrich at left she flashes her trademark legs in her famous 1930 movie a the Blue  at right she shows off her pro file in the 1940s.germans Learned to hate and love Dietrich by Mark Fritz the associated press Berlin a Marlene Dietrich wooed and won and then spurned Germany rejecting nazism at a time when germans would not. In the end Many forgave her. Others refused. The famed German actress who died wednesday in Paris at age 90, became a . Citizen on the eve of world War ii and hugged american soldiers at the front As they fought performer countrymen. She was reviled for decades by some As a traitor. But not by Bruno Schultz 72, a German Soldier in occupied France during world War ii. He was captured by the americans and sent to England As a prisoner of  she had a perfect right to agitate against the nazis a said Schultz a retired postal official. A some germans took offence to that. But i done to understand  Horst Hacker 64, of Hamburg Germany was less forgiving. A i  say she was a traitor. I have nothing against her american citizenship a Hacker said. A but she  have denied her former citizenship and her place of birth a she was a bit extravagant. She did no to always want to believe that she was German that she was bom in Berlin. I suppose that a not so bad but its not Good  with Germany now being rocked by its biggest Public employee strikes of the postwar Era it was Dietrich a death that played a Large role in some of the nations news broadcasts. A was the nazis tempted her with generous offers Marlene went demonstratively to boost morale with . Troops on the front a the German station Adf said. A that brought about the reputation of a National traitor. A when she came Back to Berlin for a concert tour in 1960, you did no to just hear cheers. There were also insults and  Dietrich vowed not to return Home after her hostile reception in Berlin. Though Many germans hated her a later things. St did with All her Power the thing that a lot of people wants to do Rosier  Petra so Cule changed and Many germans said that she did with All her Power the thing that a lot of people wanted to do a resist Hitler a said Petra Schule 28, a German expatriate living in Southern France. A she was an example of Good  Dietrich lived in later years a reclusive life in Paris where she was beloved As a Symbol of liberation. A it really hurts that she a dead a said Jean Pierre Lorraine 56, who was outside Dietrich a apartment with his wife after learning of her death. A a generation of the Cinema Dies with her. Actresses like that done to exist any  Denyse Hugon a retired Paris accountant remembers when Dietrich came to France after its liberation. A she was very anti nazi a Hugon said. A i saw her As someone who would not Sanction the regime of Hitler. She was the girl who would not go Home not on the Side of Hitler so she was on the Side of the allies. A that made her kind of a heroine. She was a special person. We Felt sympathy for  Paris Butcher Yvette Faucheux like Many film goers identifies Dietrich with her sultry role in the Blue Angel. A i remember that famous song she Sang in German in those stockings sitting on a bar Stool. She had the most fabulous legs in the world a Faucheux said. That songs famous refrain was a falling in love again a which is what Many germans did after time erased Many of the old wounds. A a few May have said she a a traitor because she left but i would say the majority of germans thought of her As great a said Gerda Schlichte Mayer waiting for a train in Bonn Germany. A she spoke the  a i Tell you an actress has died who can never be replaced a said Irmgard Raaf 50, of Bonn. A the new actors Are not what the old ones  last year Dietrich made a rare Public Appeal in Germany to save the famous studio where she filmed the Blue Angel the foundering Defa film studio in former East Germany. A Zauf Wiede Sehen a she said in her trademark whisky voice in a Telephone interview from Paris with German television. A i Cross my fingers for  commissary a big Success by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau army officials Hope to have a new temporary commissary building at chevres a Belgium up and running by july 6 to replace an emergency setup currently being used a report said monday. The regular commissary was closed april 26 after army engineers determined the hangar that housed it was structurally unsafe. The store reopened last saturday in a quonset hut and adjoining fest tent that provided 10,000 Square feet of floor space and room for about 3,000 different products. Community leaders have asked commissary officials to Speed up a request for Money in order to lease and open a 16,000-Square-foot building by july 6, according to a report from nato shape support group commander col. Tom Tomlinson to 21st theater army area come leaders monday. The climate controlled Metal building would be used for several years or until a new permanent commissary could be funded and built. In his report Tomlinson called the emergency commissary operation a a big Success Story a especially considering that the plan for it was conceived and executed in five Days. Weekend sales totalled about $72,000 with More than 1,100 customers served. Normal weekend sales average from $80,000 to $100,000, he said. Because the store had been closed for four Days and because it was payday weekend some problems arose with Long Check out lines. But As the weekend progressed waiting times for checkout were reduced to about 45 minutes Tomlinson said. A we feel that this will decrease even further As customers adjust their shopping schedules a Tomlinson said. It. Col. Mike Beckstrom he Comman Dant for the . Army element a shape said he a been very pleased wit commissary services and has not heard single Adverse comments from othe shoppers. Beckstrom stopped by the Ston wednesday and said he experienced a in it lines no wait no  As for availability of products Becks trom reported finding a basically As much selection As they had in the big store jus smaller numbers of  Tomlinson said further efforts Are underway to refine the operation to include improving heating and ventilation sys terns