European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday May 8, 1992 a 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 profile 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 Cap Turea by the americans and sent to England As a prisoner of War. A 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 metric he 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. She did with All her Power the thing that a lot of people wanted to do a resist  Peira Schule b 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  groups monitoring trials in Kuwait Kuwait a a kuwaiti court wednesday acquitted a Man accused of informing to the iraqis during the occupation. The acquittal is the first sentence in a new round of collaboration trials. A series of trials one year ago which resulted in 29 death sentences that later were commuted were conducted in martial Law courts criticized for numerous human rights abuses. The current proceedings Nave been dogged by allegations that jailers beat prisoners. The new trials in state Security court Are being monitored by human rights organizations such As amnesty International and the International committee of the red Cross which were staunch critics of the process last summer. Thirteen defendants in court this week complained to the senior judge Saleh Al Fahed that they were beaten. One defendant showed a bruised hand to the judge who referred the defendants to a medical examiner. Kuwaiti defense lawyers also have questioned some of the charges such As joining palestinian organizations that kept their clients in jail for More than a year awaiting trial. A just joining the Arab liberation front should not constitute a crime if it did not Lead to another crime a said lawyer Dukhi Al has ban. A some people should not have been in this court to begin  trials of More than 100 people accused of collaborating with iraqis August 1990-february 1991 occupation of Kuwait started april 12. Most of the trials were delayed for up to a month to allow defense attorneys time to prepare. Iraq was forced from Kuwait by a .-led coalition in the persian Gulf War. Hiward Jabar Al Shimari 44, who is stateless was pronounced innocent wednesday of being an agent for iraqi intelligence. Judge Khalid Al Miz Eini ordered him to pay the equivalent of $750 to the lawyer that the court assigned for him. Three judge panels replaced the special military courts terminated when martial Law ended june 30, 1991. Defendants now have the right to Appeal. The 29 death sentences in the last round were reduced to life imprisonment by Crown Prince Saad Al Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah. Another 164 people Are serving up to 25 years. Thirty five tried during the first round were acquitted. Most of the defendants Are palestinian jordanian iraqi or Are stateless. Amnesty International said the trials under martial Law last May and june were unfair because defendants were denied Access to lawyers or family members were tortured to confess in pretrial detention and lawyers did not have time to prepare cases. Use of secret sources and hearsay testimony also was criticized