European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 30, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 Berliner working to wipe out hate teacher wages War , Graffiti byed Reavis staff writer Irmela Schramm s habit makes her a Model of civil courage. The 48-year-old Berlin teacher has made it her personal crusade to remove racist and nazi Graffiti from Public places. This Brand of Graffiti can be found sprayed or painted on Walls and posters throughout Germany. This stuff dismay most germans but i be made it my business Over the last few years to destroy them the life s work of the nazis Schramm said in a Tele phone interview from Berlin where she teaches at the Marianne Cohn school for special children in the City s Ter Rigelhof Section. When i stand up in a full subway car and Point to a Swastika sprayed on the Wall and say loudly that has to go does t it most people Are shocked she added. They usually agree then i Wash it away. But most of my countrymen find it difficult to take the step toward  some of the most common Graffiti Are Juden Raus jews get Outtin Ken Vargasen Gas the turks Nigger ins Khz put niggers in concentration Camp Auslander Schuss foreign ers Bye by and Wollen Wir fur Den holocaust Ewig Zahlen do we want to pay forever for the holocaust armed with brushes acetone soap and Spatula Schramm removes the Graf Fiti which she considers a personal of front As Well As spiritual and visual pollution. She has been performing her task for eight years. But it s not always easy to wipe out racist Graffiti she said. Sometimes people disagree with what she s doing and she cafes to bring taste of Asia to Hohenfels Birndorf Germany is the army and air Force Exchange service Europe has chosen Hohenfels As the site of its first Oriental restaurant. The Royal Cho Stix restaurant will open in june or july said Richard sheff chief of food operations for cafes Europe. Other restaurants Are scheduled for Vicenza Italy in Ciurlik a Turkey and Raf Lakenheath England. All Are expected to open by Early 1995 and will offer sit Down dining and carryout. Royal Cho Stix is an Exchange service franchise with some outlets in the United states sheff said. The Exchange service exclusively operates All its food franchises with the exception of Burger King Popeye s and Baskin Robbins. The Royal Cho Stix outlet in Vicenza is part of a multimillion Dollar cafes Europe renovation at the army install risks physical danger. Once she suffered a concussion from the rough treatment of Security guards in the Berlin subway who did not appreciate her cleanup Campaign. However there Are Small victories Schramm said. She was Able to convince her Church minister in wan see to give a Sermon encouraging the congregation to recognize the growing hate toward for Eigners. People also have stopped her on the Street and told her that they Admire what she does but that they would not have the courage to follow her example. People Are always asking me if i m not afraid when i remove the slogans Schramm said. I Tell them the Graffiti make me feel sick. And if they make me a German feel sick How must a foreigner feel when they read them and if i am threatened by my actions How much More Are people with dark skin threat ened by just Riding our Public transportation system sometimes germans and others have stood up and helped her remove a Nasty message she said. I once began removing a hands off the German people slogan sprayed on a pizzeria she explained. When the ital ians who run the place saw what i was doing they helped me remove it. That was a terribly Good  a few months after Schramm started erasing the Graffiti she began photo graphing the slogans before taking them Down. Next year the Berlin museum plans to exhibit the photographs. The amazing thing Schramm said is that racist slogans have become so commonplace most germans do not even notice them anymore. My friends claim they Are astonished that i find so much xenophobic Graffiti teacher Irmela Schramm shows nazi and anti foreigner slogans that she photo graphed in Berlin before she took a Brush and erased them. But i see them everywhere she said. When i see a subway or bus seat marked up with swastikas i say loudly i won t sit there the reaction is that peo ple who ordinarily would not care Sud Denly avoid sitting there or prefer to  the slogans Are everywhere in the City Schramm said everywhere from the mid dle class residential area of wan see where she lives to the run Down satellite the following is a list of army and air Force Exchange services food franchises in Europe., franchise open to open future locations Anthony s pizza 33 Baskin Robins ice Cream 45 / Burger King 27 Royal Cho Stix Oriental food 0 Frank s Franks 34 la Casad am Goa mexican food 4 s none Hohenfels Mannheim Lakenheath Mildenhall Vicenza Hohenfels Mik Jennat Popeye s Chicken Robin Hood sandwiches Deli Sweet reflections 8 4 Hohenfels Lakenheath Vicenza in Ciurlik. Relocation Sites not determined 4 Mannheim Hohenfels Hillesheim Lakenheath 4 Wurzburg Span Dahlem Vogel Weh. Aviano 4 Darmstadt Hohenfels Wiir Burg vicenza2 Mildenhall Vicenza source cafes europ Tion in Northern Italy. The Royal Cho Stix outlet will replace the red dragon a local Oriental restaurant that has operated under Exchange service auspices but was not a franchise sheff said. Is Royal Cho Stix will feature Oriental food such As chinese style Fried Rice and korean style skewered meats. All  lunch entrees will be priced below $5. . Army teams invited to compete in March Heidelberg Germany is . Army units Are invited to compete in the German army s 13th International hoc Sauerland March in Liesen West of Kassel on March 19. The event is one of the biggest military competitions of the year and is sponsored by the bund Estehr defense District come 34. Teams throughout nato will participate and the deadline for registration is March 1. Four Soldier teams will Complete a 20 Kilometre 12.4-mile Road March that includes two obstacle courses a grenade throw and a Rifle marksmanship contest. Field survival identification of military vehicles and aircraft and the Laws of War Are also tested. Military units Are limited to entering two teams each and Only 120 teams will be allowed to compete. There is an entry fee of 45 German Marks per team and . Army teams Are required to Wear Battle dress uni forms for the Competition. For More information or to obtain an entry form Contact the bund Estehr de sense District come 34 by calling 02931 897-209 or by fax at 02931-15830. District of Marzahn in Eastern Berlin. The violence against foreigners begins with words she said. Suddenly some one goes out and practices what these slogans preach. For example we will Burn Down every Home for Asylum seek ers. There s no Victory without victims " however Schramm counters that hate message with a motto of her own the guilty Are those who choose to ignore what s happening around  go Eta gets to control own reins Gaeta Italy is the military Community at Gaeta became its own Boss Friday. The tiny base which serves the 6th flee flagship about 2,000 service members and their families has been in existence since1967. However it has always been consid ered a tenant unit of the Naples military Community. On Friday the unit was officially disestablished As a detachment to naval support activity Naples and re established As its own naval support activity in a formal ceremony. What we be done Here is formed a Sepa rate command. What this does is it recognizes the geographic difference that they have Here with Naples. It s a Long Way to drive 70 Miles whenever you re doing Rou Tine business. It also recognizes the Dif Ferent function they have Here in support of the 6th Fleet said cant. William c. Vivian commander of Asa Naples. Naples will continue to provide Public works support through the department of engineering and housing to the Gaeta Community Vivian said. The new com Mander at Gaeta cmdr. Allen m. Murphy said that the Community s new status allows people there to make decisions. I be noticed Over the past couple of weeks that when people feel they have More control Over their life they re Hap pier. Things Are getting done he said. Basically it s part of the total Quality of life