European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 12, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3inner strength aided holocaust survivor by Ron Mckinney staff writer a Chance movement of a hand seen by a passing american Soldier meant the difference Between a new life and being another victim of world War ii concentration Camps. Or. Edith Eva Eger turned that Brush with death a As Well As other harrowing memories from her year in Captivity a into something positive. The clinical psychologist from la Jolla calif., tells service members during her annual treks to Europe that they too can turn around periods of turbulence in their careers. A i m encouraging the american soldiers right now As they go through their transitions to look within to find strength within rather than turning to alcohol or drugs a Eger said on wednesday after one of her lectures at Darmstadt. A people must acknowledge not what happens with us but what we do with that. You can turn tragedy into Victory a the 64-Ycar-old psychologist said. As a hungarian born jew the 16-year-old was sent to the concentration Camp at Auschwitz Poland in May 1944. A i saw the Gas Chambers right across from my Barracks. We were taught that the Only Way we would get out of there was As a Corpse a not to even dream of getting out  at the 4 . Wake up Calls Eger Learned quickly not to complain of illness otherwise she might lie sent to the  a when we came Back they were gone. The Hospital which we were told they were going to was the Gas i m encouraging the american so Kliers right now As they go through their transitions to look within to find strength within rather than turning to alcohol or drugs or Edith Eva Eger chamber a she said. Being a trained Ballerina Eger once had to perform for or. Josef Menicle the nazi War criminal known As the Angel of death. Even in doing so Eger closed her eyes and dreamed of dancing once again at the Budapest opera. Quot a i Felt sorry for him a she said of Menicle. Quot i thought he was More in a prison than i  in november she was moved to the austrian Camp at gun Skirchen where she said she saw conditions even worse than at Auschwitz. Cannibalism was a common Means of survival among prisoners but she chose to cat grass. Her weight plummeted to 40 pounds. A i decided never to touch another persons flesh and i remember asking god to help me. I chose to cat grass. Even then i chose. That a Why i believe we have choices. I chose one Blade of grass Over another Quot she said. On May 4, 1945, about 500 concentration Camp prisoners were rounded up and sent to a Clearing in a Forest where Eger a disease Ridden body was amid hundreds of corpses. Eger believes they were supposed to be blown up by explosives. That s when american soldiers showed up. A they told us it was really a question of minutes. They told us it was really a Miracle that we made it Quot she said. A a i was among the dead and my hand  a Soldier saw that and pulled her out of the carnage. A a in a still looking for that Young be Quot she said. She was taken to an austrian Hospital and eventually moved to Czechoslovakia where she met her husband. In 1949, fleeing the communists they moved to the United states and settled in Baltimore. She received her degree in psychology from the University of t exas in 1969 and did her doctoral internship at William Beaumont army medical Center at la Ort Bliss. T exas. She has a clinical practice at a Jolla and is a professor of psychology at University of California san Diego. She travels several times a month for speaking engagements throughout the United states and abroad. A i encourage people to look at everything in their lives for an Opportunity to discover their Power from within As i did at Auschwitz Quot she said. Eger has other speaking engagements in Germany scheduled for bad or Cugnach beginning monday at Baum older beginning t thursday and bad sibling beginning june 21. For information Contact the local chaplain s  documents shed Light on Hess affair in 41 London apr Rudolf Hess the nazi Leader who parachuted into Scotland on a bizarre peace Mission in 1941, told British authorities that Adolf Hitler knew nothing about his plans according to documents released wednesday. Contrary to soviet suspicions the documents give no indication that Hess told the British about the impending nazi invasion of Russia. A Germany has demands to make on Russia but has no intention of launching an immediate attack a British Diplomat Ivone Kirkpatrick wrote after interviewing Hess. Hess parachuted into Scotland on May 11, 1941, following a 900-mile Solo flight from Berlin. Convicted at Niernberg of War crimes Hess was the last inmate at Spandau prison in Berlin when he died aug. 17, 1987. Allied authorities said he hanged himself with an electrical Cord. The documents released by the British government on wednesday mainly were letters Between the prisoner and his family and appeared to add Little to the historical record on Hess. They did not Settle the question of whether he was a free agent or was acting at hitlers Behest nor did they shed any Light on suggestions that Hess was lured by British intelligence. One document was a memo of Hess proposed peace terms Germany was to hold Sway in a european sphere of influence while Britain was to keep its Empire. Hess landed a Day after a German air raid killed More than 1,400 civilians and shattered the chamber of the House of commons. Lord Simon a former foreign Secretary who interviewed Hess at the request of prime minister Winston Churchill reported that Hess a has not flown Over on the orders or with the permission or previous knowledge of  he said that when Hess a contemplates the failure of his a Mission a he becomes emotionally dejected and fears he has made a fool of  Simon who was then the lord Chancellor England Stop Law officer had met Hess in Berlin in 1935. He concluded that the Deputy fihrer believed he was becoming less important to Hitler and dreamed up the peace Mission to confirm his position As hitlers chief lieutenant. A the imagined that there was a Strong peace party in this country and that he would have the Opportunity of getting into touch with leading politicians who want War to end now a Simon reported. A at first he asked constantly to Sec leaders of the opposition and even imagined himself As Likely to negotiate with a new government. He is profoundly ignorant of the constitutional system and of the Unity of the  Simon said a the has constantly asked to have a further meeting with the Duke of Hamilton under the delusion that a Der Herzog a perhaps because of his rank a would be the Means of getting him Contact with peo Hess pie of a different vision from the a clique who Are holding him prisoner . The Churchill  Simon reported that Hess complained of noises that kept him awake and feared being poisoned. A there is nothing whatever in his bearing or manner to suggest the Cool cold mentality of a Clever agent a Simon wrote. In a Book published last year historian John costello argued that Hess had been lured to Britain by false promises of peace. Costello received documents from the Kab relating to Hess including a memo to Josef Stalin from Lavrenti Beria the secret police chief. A it he disseminated opinion that Hess arrived in England unexpectedly is not Correct a said Beriau a memo which claimed a letter from Hess to the Duke of Hamilton proposing peace was intercepted by British intelligence officers who then kept up a correspondence that tooled Hess. Hess landed near the Dukes estate in Scotland but Hamilton said he did no to recognize the German Leader. Anthony Eden the wartime foreign Secretary said the soviets frequently expressed their suspicions about the Hess affair. A i doubt if they were Ever really satisfied that the incident was As unexpected and inexplicable to us As to them a Eden wrote in his memoirs. Another document was a suicide note addressed to Hitler written a month after Hess Parachute Landing. Hess attempted suicide with a bread knife while he was held in the Tower of London. Japanese panel endorses International role for troops Tokyo apr to rallying cries of a Banzai a a parliamentary committee on thursday rammed through a Bill that would allow Japan to Send troops overseas for the first time since world War ii. It is the latest stage in the months Long ordeal of passing the Bill that would dispatch Japan a self defense forces to International peacekeeping missions. The Bill is Japan a belated response to criticism of its failure to contribute personnel to the persian Gulf War Effort. Critics said the Bill violates Japan a postwar Constitution which renounces the use of Force in International disputes. Opposition lawmakers crowded around committee chairman Yoshiro Hayashi shouting and waving signs Reading a continue the questioning a after he called an end to debate. Socialists and other opposition lawmakers opposed to the Bill refused to sit Down then stalked out of the room after the committee voted. After they left committee members of the governing Liberal democratic party raised their fists in the a a Banzai cheer associated with japanese militarism. The Bill was to be presented today to the full lower House where the Liberal democrats hold a commanding majority. If it passes it will Only need the formality of Cabinet approval before becoming Law. Gleeful lottery Winner gets Down in the dumps Muncie ind. Up Kenneth Arbuckle spent about 90 minutes sifting through trash at the City a sanitation Transfer station before he found what he was looking for a lottery ticket Worth $955. Arbuckle 23, a computer operator cashed in the winning ticket wednesday but not before he spent some anxious moments searching the City a trash on monday. The ticket matched five of the six numbers drawn May 16 in the Indiana lotto Cash game. Arbuckle was forced to have a trashy time after he discovered monday that he had inadvertently thrown away the winning ticket along with some losing tickets. A phone Call to the sanitation department led him to the Transfer station where the truck that picked up his trash Hadnot been emptied. Supervisor James Ford had the truck dump its Load onto a Concrete pad where Arbuckle began rooting through debris 4 feet High and 20 feet Square