European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday december 2,1993mia Bones from n. Korea pose Riddle a Washington apr North Korea has returned since 1990 nearly Foo sets of remains purported to be american but . Officials say chances Are diminish ing that they can be matched with us. Servicemen in a it a accounted for after the korean War. A a pc not a single set of remains turned Over in the past i9 years has been identified and a study conducted for the Pentagon this year cautioned that the army a main forensic Laboratory May become a an expensive Ware House for the Bones of the  the main problem officials say is the damaged con edition of the remains the North koreans practice of mixing Bones from multiple sets of remains in each coffin and a shortage of detail from personnel files for . Casualties from the korean War. At the North South Border Village of Panmunjom on tuesday North korean soldiers handed Over 33 cof to . Honor guards in the biggest single Transfer since 4,167 remains a including 1,868 americans a were recovered in 1954.  Korea said it would return More this month. After the 1954 Transfer no remains were returned until 1990, when the communist North korean government turned Over five sets followed by 11 in 1991 and 30 the following year. In july 17 More were returned. North Korea has never said How Many american remains it holds but the number May be in the thousands. About 8,140 american servicemen Are officially unaccounted for from the War but Many of those Are missing at sea or Are believed Tot ave been disintegrated by explosives. There is no official . Count of recoverable remains. In an Effort to hasten the return of remains from North korean the Clinton administration in August agreed with the Pyongyang regime to cooperate in finding exhuming and repatriating remains of . And Allied servicemen. A joint a a working group was to be formed to coordinate the process but so far the group has held no meetings and none is scheduled. In announcing the August agreement the Pentagon stated that even using state of the Art american recovery techniques and with full cooperation by the North koreans chances of identifying remains a will be minimal at  at least a partial answer to the identification problem May lie in the use of mitochondrial Dan analysis a relatively new forensic technique in which a Dan molecule taken from Bone samples can be compared with blood donated by a maternal line relative. It has been used to identify some . Remains from the Vietnam War. Marine corps Mai. Steve Little a defense department spokesman said tuesday that the department is actively considering launching a mitochondrial Dan program in anticipation that More remains of servicemen will be returned by North Korea. He cautioned though that it would be expensive and time consuming. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago dec. 2,1983 a military personnel have higher take Home pay than government civilian employees thanks to untaxed fringe benefits such As Early retirement and free medical care financial experts told Congress. Quot 20 years ago i a a a a i  i a i. Dec. 2,1973 a David Ben Gurion Israel s founding father and first Premier died at 87, two weeks after he suffered a paralysing cerebral Haemorrhage. 30 years ago 50 years ago c world War ii 50 years ago today dec. 2 194.3 dec. 2,1983 a Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany said he would have the Quot greatest objections to american troop withdrawals from Europe. 40 years ago dec. 2,1953 a Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said the United states is anxious to have a big four foreign ministers conference to discuss solvable world problems a notably those in Germany and Austria. Dec. 2,1943 a president Roosevelt British prime minister Winston Churchill and China s Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek ending five Days of meetings in Cairo agreed on plans for smashing Japan As a military Power stripping it of territory acquired since 1914 and freeing Korea. Red army troops pushing Westward from the Tower Dnepr Battle across the River ing lets and close in on Znamenak. . And British forces launch attacks around Monte Camino on the Western Side of the italian front new zealand soldiers capture Castel Brentano on the Eastern Side. In the Pacific australian troops take Hua Oao on new Guinea. Source 2i94 Day of Ami w h snot i pub Feahr inc Woltja Kmic Book of world my a Boon Book corp. 19s1 a holocaust museum honors memory of nazi who saved hundreds of jews Washington of a i won t sleep tonight a Murray Pantirer said his eyes moistening and his voice breaking As he recalled a German industrialist who saved him and about 1,300 other jews from the nazis in world War ii. The holocaust memorial museum built in memory of 6 million jews killed by the germans a half Century ago awarded its highest Honor posthumously tuesday to German businessman Oskar Schindler. The medal of remembrance was Given to Schindler a widow  Schindler a nazi himself bribed and duped the nazis into sparing hundreds of jews who worked in his factories. The medal was presented by supreme court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. President Clinton and Steven Spielberg attended a screening of a Spielberg movie about Schindler Schindler a list at a private showing in Washington on tuesday night. Spielberg and some members of the cast including Ben Kingsley attended the medal ceremony and Spielberg later went to the White House with Clinton. Pantirer said the ceremony was an emotional one for him because he was picturing the faces of his grandchildren and was reminded that Many people would not be alive had it not been for Schindler. The factory workers lived in a concentration Camp supervised by Schindler and he made it possible for the jews not Only to get enough food but for them to be Able to practice their religion and set up schools the museum s records show. Pantirer recalled in a speech How he was first in a German concentration Camp with no Beds. Quot we heard rumours that Oskar Schindler would be arriving with a list for some inmates of 900 men to Brentzel Czechoslovakia factory a said Pantirer Union . _ Quot my name was called out and it was Murray Pantirer greets Emille Schindler who accepted the medal or remembrance for vah Iaia put la in. I a. T my my a _ 1 be her late husband Oskar Schindler the German industrialist helped Pantirer and Abraham Zug Kermain Center survive the holocaust take them to to work in a who lives in written on the list that i was a Sheet Metal worker. I had no Trade and to this Day i have no idea who put me on the list and who listed me As a Sheet Metal worker. "1 went to Brentzel with my Uncle Isak Levenstein where we survived so you can see if it were not for or. And mrs. Oskar Schindler i would not be Here Quot Pantirer said. He was allowed to emigrate to the United states after the War. A childhood Friend of Pantirer and now Pantirer a partner in a House building business Abraham Zuckerman was another survivor who was in Schindler s Camp. His father and Mother and two Sisters were killed by the nazis. Quot Oskar Schindler was my Angel a Zuckerman of Hillside ., said in an interview. Quot most of his doing was through bribery and drinking with the germans Ana maybe women for the germans. Who knows who cares what the Man did he was a wonderful person Quot Schindler and his wife emigrated to Argentina in 1949. Eight years later he left his wife and returned to Germany. He died there in 1974. Italians credited with obstructing holocaust Washington a even though Italy fought on Germany s Side through most of world War a italians did much to help ensure that Many jews escaped the holocaust historians say. At a conference sponsored by the National italian american foundation the historians and survivors told How Many italians tried to save jews in the. Face of government policy that was trying to appease the germans. The conference tuesday reflects a growing attempt by italian americans to demonstrate that anti semitism did not run rampant during world War ii in Italy As it did in some other european countries. Quot until september 1943 when German troops took direct control of Italy As an occupying Power the italians never actively cooperated Quot with the German plan to annihilate the jews Paul Bookbinder a Protessor at the University of Massachusetts said in a speech. Quot Large numbers of italians impeded and obstructed is efforts to round up jews and Send them to death Camps a Bookbinder said. The picture was not universally Bright Bookbinder said As some people betrayed their neighbors and italian journalists seemed to compete with anti semitic diatribes. Italian army officers and troops controlling parts of France Greece and Croatia repeatedly demonstrated sympathy and humanity for jews and often helped them to escape the professor said