European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world wednesday november 10,1993 memories of nazi terror a r u n Ity observances. M. .,.-. Berlin a four years after the Berlin Wall fell a Germany burdened by recession and anti for Eigner violence paired its unification Celebration tues Day with a bitter anniversary recalling a 1938 night of a i terror. Kristal nacht the night of pogroms when the streets were littered with broken Glass heralded the Holo Caust. Nazi thugs burned and plundered hundreds of jewish Homes shops and synagogues across the coun try killing and injuring dozens of jews. It was remembered tuesday with somber ceremonies while other observances marked the 1989 Day of Joy when East Germany s leaders yielded to massive Public protests and the Westward flight of their youth and opened their Borders. Less than a year later on oct. 3, 1990, the two Germany United As one. Now Western germans who had known Only Comfort since the 1960s economic Miracle Are burdened by recession exacerbated by the High Cost of absorbing the backward East. Right Wing violence especially among alienated youth in the East persists unabated. Less than two weeks ago an american luge athlete was badly beaten in tiny oberhoff a Mountain resort. Commentators Are questioning whether Germany s political leaders can Cope with unprecedented Chal Lenges. Was Bonn a fair weather democracy the Leipzig or Volk Zeitung asked in a front Page commentary tuesday. Will we be Able to stand fast despite the storms and economic hardship of the enlarged coun. Try the cast German newspaper s Lead Story intoned november 9, a fateful Day and was flanked by Pic turns of a burning Berlin synagogue from 1938 and feast and West germans climbing the Wall 51 years later. In contrast few leading Western German paper marked the anniversary with Page 1 stories. They focused instead on proposals for a four Day week to cur Tail rising unemployment and the latest on the aids blood scandal. Memories of the opening of East Germany Are tarnished by is percent unemployment in the new states with some East germans saying they were better offender the communists when everyone had guaranteed jobs. Rainer Eppelmann who was the Only defense min ister of free East Germany and is now a member of parliament in Bonn cautioned his fellow countrymen tuesday about looking Back. One should not forget Why 2 million East German a woman in Leipzig Eastern Germany places Rose be Side a memorial to jewish victims of Krystal Litcht. Citizens left their country and everything they worked for Eppelmann said in a Adf television interview. They had fled an oppressive totalitarian regime whose secret police seemed omnipresent. While unified Germany is beset with problems its condition can hardly be compared to the economic disaster of the Weimar Republic that helped precipitate the Rise of the nazis. Nearly a thousand. Jewish owned businesses and Homes were destroyed and 119 synagogues gutted by fire in the attacks on Kristal nacht or Crystal night named for the shattered Glass. At least 20,000 jews were arrested and sent to Tabor Camps or jail. The nazis subsequently paired their expansionist War with the mass murder of some 6 million. European jews Only about 40,000 jews live in Germany today. Mayor fights plan to re create bad old Days in theme Park by Kevin Coste Loethe associated press Berlin four years after the Berlin Wal opened the mayor of a Small Eastern German town said tuesday that his Community will Block a plan to re create the communist regime in a bizarre theme Park. Frank Georgi a 28-year-old businessman has Bee widely trumpeting his project to keep the East German infamy alive with barbed wire watchtowers searchlights and other authentic traces of the despised , himself a former East German has picked a nearly 500-acre site at Wrenden a town 19 Miles North of  mayor Paul Alesius said tuesday that he and the Village Council will Block the plans for the theme Park. The town totally rejects this he said adding that the Village Council supports him. Alesius a member of the leftist social democratic party called the idea sheer  German news Media have dubbed the project Oss Park after the nickname for East germans and the hit movie Jurassic  the Berlin Wall opened in the evening of nov. 9,1989, East germans poured into the West Many forthe first time in their lives and Many determined to reject their politically oppressed past. Since then nostalgia has gripped Large segments of the 16.6 million people who once lived behind barbed wire and the Berlin  Dresden a local entrepreneur has staged nostalgia nights in a discotheque featuring Beer and soft drinks from the old Days and Young people wearing authentic communist youth group  East germans consciously buy products from their Region out of remembrance of the past and sense of civic Pride. One of the leftovers from the communist Era called Little red Riding Hood Champagne has become a hit in the East. Georgi the businessman behind the Ossi Park idea Hopes to attract adults school groups and visitors from ail Over the  s supposed to be an amusement Park but also a teaching device and a Monument to the past he  site is owned by the Federal government which could throw up its own roadblocks to the  Hopes to provide various accommodations including a youth Hostel and a duplication of a hard currency hotel once run by the East German regime which required visitors to Exchange some hard currency into East German Marks. The grounds would be infiltrated by make believe Stasi secret police agents keeping an Eye on everyone while other people dressed As Border guards would pre vent  six years later missing cat returns Home to raid fridge from wire report Stockholm Sweden it s hard to say whether Mikszan the missing cat spent the past six years on an incredible journey but there s no doubt about her  a six year absence Mikszan returned Home and walked in As if she had never been away setting out to raid the refrigerator before settling into her favorite resting place on a dining room  Lindberg Nielsen was going out to buy some ice Cream thursday when the outer door handle jiggled. I got a Flash of Mikszan Lindberg Nielsen told Stockholm newspaper of her cat whose name Means  she used to jump up on the  opened the door and chills ran Down by spine. Outside sat  said she had no idea Why Mikszan a Black cat with a White face disappeared or Why she , not everything was the same a new Mikszan had moved in and was no pleased by the return of old Mikszan. Sihanouk misses festivities phenom penh Cambodia King Norodom Sihanouk missed the 40th anniversary of Independence celebrated tuesday by More than15,000 people who gathered in front of the Royal Palace in phenom , the father of cambodian sovereignty remained in Beijing where he is receiving treatment for prostate cancer. 7s revellers meanwhile were entertained by Beauty pageant contests ultralight gliders classical dancers acrobats and More than 50 Parade float depicting cambodian industries. I m very Happy because it s Only because of the King that we can have this Day said Koy in a 78 year old phenom penh resident who can still recall the Day 40 years ago when Cambodia became Independent from French colonial Rule. Rescuers reach fishing ship Lerwick Shetland islands Rescue helicopters and a Lifeboat battled through a North sea Gale Early tuesday to reach a grounded Latvia fishing vessel with More than so Crew members aboard. The coast guard service said the 2,774-Tonlunohods-1 ran onto rocks before Dawn about Ivi Miles Southeast of Lerwick capital of the Northeast scottish Shetland islands. There were no immediate reports of injuries among the Crew members As two helicopters and a Lerwick Lifeboat arrived in darkness and began carrying people to safety. 2 quakes shake Japan Tokyo two Strong earthquakes occurred of the East coast of Japan within an hour tuesday the Central meteorological Agency  damage or casualties were reported and there was no danger of tsunami the Large Waves often caused by undersea quakes. An earthquake with a Reading of 5.2 on the Richter scale hit at 11 44 a.m., followed by another registering an estimated 5.3 at 12 41  two quakes were entered 31 Miles beneath sea level at an area about 49 Miles off the easter coast of Ibaraki state. Fijians kill alleged sorcerer Suva Fiji terrorized villagers lulled a Man to halt his sorcery which included animal sacrifices and the forecasting of nine people s deaths Fiji High court was told. Four men Are on trial for burning Namoski Chiero Balei Bau dui Lokaloma to death in his own House. Village chief Mosese Tik Duadua said he had seen a blackboard in the alleged Warlock s House that listed the names birthdays and predicted dates of death of nine villagers. Ail nine died on the predicted dates he said. He said he had seen dui Lokaloma dripping the blood of a freshly killed Chicken into a beverage on one occasion while invoking the names of the ancestral gods of Fiji. Tik Duadua said he was so frightened that he slipped away. The four defendants say they were ordered by their chiefs to kill dui Lokaloma. The trial is continuing