European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 27, 1993 world the stars and stripes Page 9berlin holocaust memorial set by the new York times Berlin a bowing to jewish protests German Railroad planners have withdrawn plans to demolish part of a Berlin train station from which tens of thousands of jews were deported to their deaths in the 1940s. Instead they will build a Monument there to the victims. Several Long freight ramps at Grunewald station were to be torn Down to make Way for a Modem Complex serving passengers on newly improved routes Between Berlin and cities in Western Germany. But last week planners agreed not to proceed with any demolition until the project is redesigned to meet the objections of jewish groups. The dispute came As politicians in Bonn continued to argue about the need to invest Public funds in monuments to victims of nazi repression. The government has resisted opposition Calls to increase spending for such monuments. Grunewald station now a Stop on the Berlin elevated transit system was the departure Point for 35,738 of this City s jews who were shipped eastward Between 1941 and 1945. Two other train stations also were used for deportations. But Only at Grunewald do the ramps remain As they were. A even if Only 20 people had been deported it should not be allowed to build on this track a said Peter Ambros spokesman for berlins principal jewish organization. Several Berlin politicians had joined in criticizing the railways plan to tear Down the ramps and replace them with a Large waiting room a business Complex and a Yard for repairing and cleaning trains. The greens condemned the plan As a sign of a ignorance and contempt for  Quot in a City that does not yet have either a holocaust museum or a holocaust memorial a the greens said in a statement Quot the demolition of one of the few remain Mao still in Public Eye a woman gets a close look at a life a statue of the late chinese communist Leader Mao tse Tung at a Trade fair sunday in Beijing. The statue made by a joint taiwanese chinese company was on display at a technical fair exhibiting products turned out by Taiwan backed enterprises. Ing monuments to jewish life and the jewish tragedy is completely  the City governments culture minister Ulrich Roloff Momin said he would oppose any construction at Grunewald that did not respect a history and its message to unborn generations. Ignatz Bubis chairman of the Central Council of jews in Germany accused Railroad officials of insensitivity. Faced with these pressures the chief of Germany a Railroad system Heinz Durr invited Bubis and other leaders or jewish groups to meet with him at the station thursday. Bubis said afterwards that Railroad officials had apologized for what they described As an unfortunate oversight. He said they had promised to redesign their project to include a a worthy memorial to the jews deported from Grunewald. Chinese generals Tell troops to j. Beijing Ufi a two of China Stop military leaders monday called on soldiers to maintain their strength and integrity in the face of rampant army corruption warning that officer complacency could destroy the army from  a front Page editorial in the communist party a flagship newspaper the Peoples daily generals Liu Huiqing and Zhang Zhen accused soldiers of being enticed by Quot corrupt thinking and  the accusation indirectly acknowledged the spreading phenomenon of soldiers turning to business. Officials lawyers and soldiers themselves have fingered the armed forces As a prime culprit in growing smuggling operations and speculation schemes. On aug. 1, the Peoples liberation army will Mark its 66th birthday. But Liu 76, and Zhang 78, suggested that it would not live to see Many More unless it cleaned up its act. Quot in chinese and foreign history there have been Many armies which have beaten themselves and been beaten by peace itself partying bragging and Fritt ering away their fighting strength a the generals said in the editorial. The generals hastened to add that a your army under the leadership of the communist party is different from any of its  but they warned soldiers not to forget their old spirit of self sacrifice. A the worship of Money indulging in creature comforts extreme individualism and other incorrect ways of thinking will conflict with and corrupt Peoples beliefs Quot they wrote. Liu is a member of the powerful politburo standing committee and vice chairman of the Central military commission. Zhang also sits on the commission. Both Are considered prime candidates to succeed senior Leader Deng Xiaoping As military patriarch after he passes from the political  woman recalls hell As wartime sex slave Seoul South Korea a a korean woman who claims she was forced to serve As a sex slave for wartime japanese soldiers said monday that she hoped her testimony would help resolve the sensitive Issue. Kim Bock Sun 68, was one of five korean women who told japanese officials monday about their abduction rape and servitude at military brothels run by the japanese Imperial army during world War ii. A it was like hell a Kim said. A i was forced to have sex with about 20 soldiers a  it was the first time that korean women who claim to have served As sex slaves have met japanese officials to testify about their past. Japanese officials said the interviews were part of Tokyo a Effort to learn whether forceful Means were used to find korean women for the military brothels. One korean activist group denounced the interviews As too Little too late and contended that the japanese government was using them As a Token to avoid responsibility and sweep the Issue aside. The japanese government has admitted that korean women were used As sex slaves for the army but so far has maintained that it has no evidence that Force was used to find them. A i hate to recall my miserable past but i done to mind if it can help solve All problems a Kim said after a closed door meeting with seven japanese officials including Masayuki Kimura a Counselor from the prime ministers office. The delegation which also includes two japanese civic activists planned to interview 15 korean women identified As former sex slaves before leaving thursday historians say Between 100,000 and 200,000 korean women were forced to serve at front line military brothels. Several dozen korean women have publicly identified themselves As sex slaves and about a dozen have filed a lawsuit with a Tokyo court to seek compensation. Shame keeps most silent experts say. Kim said she explained to japanese officials through an interpreter that she was forced to leave her Home in Kangjin on the South coast when she was 18 in 1944. It was Only a few months before she was to marry. She said the japanese visited her Home. A they first asked me if i was interested in a Job at a military factory a she said. A when i said no two japanese police grabbed me by the Arm and forced me into a waiting  she said she was sent to Burma where she was forced to serve at military brothels for 18 months before she returned Home at the end of the War in 1945. She belongs to an activist group called the association of victims of the Pacific War. Another activist group called Chong Daehyun accused Japan of trying to hastily conclude the controversy. It demanded that Japan fully apologize for the sex slavery and compensate the victims