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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes i world Friday May 6,1994 european parliament approves 4 More nations Strasbourg France api the european parliament overwhelmingly approved on wednesday the entry of Austria Finland Norway and Sweden into the european Union next Jan. 1, stamping its endorsement of the eur a drive for new members. Quot our parliament. Has made a decision of historic importance a parliament president Egon Koepsch said after the four separate votes. Quot a you Are very Welcome to our european Union a he told the candidate countries. Deputies of the 51$-seat Assembly ratified separately the membership agreements of the. Four nations. Admission would increase the Union membership to 16 nations containing 375 million people. National Legislatures of the 12 current eur members and the four candidate states must ratify the move. The applicant countries must also hold referendums on membership. Air Street As yemenite Start War san a Yemen apr Yemen plunged into civil War thursday with Northern and Southern troops battling in the streets and air Force jets pounding rival capitals a a i. V7. A residents said Southern air Force jets struck the International Airport and the presidential Palace in san a. The City is the capital of Yemen and had been the capital of North Yemen when the country merged with South Yemen four years ago. The Northern based government run san a radio declared a one month state of emergency it ordered All yemenite citizens to keep off inter City thoroughfares. A a a a a european diplomats in san a also reported Northern air attacks on Aden. 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However differences Over Power sharing prevented integration of the armed forces and led to a Power struggle Between president Aji Abdullah Saleh a northerner and vice president Ali Salem alb Edh a southerner. Security sources and witnesses also reported a tank clash overnight in Damar 65 Miles South of san a in the former North Yemen. The elite Northern Republican guards were reported to have wiped out the Southern Basa Heeb brigade. Camp s use As resort angers Danes by Thomas borc1iert Deutsche or Csc Agen Lur Copenhagen Denmark How would you like a Holiday in a Gestapo de Lention Center the attractions include a Sauna a gymnasium and Golf As Well As a diet of seasonal organic vegetables. But Danes particularly those who were once guests of nazi Germany Sec Crit police Are not amused. They re up in arms against the administrators of the former detention Center of Froslev who Are trying to attract German tourists for vacations in a exciting surroundings at reasonable prices. Many Danes could hardly believe it when newspapers published extracts from publicity brochures urging vacation a ers to a grab a bargain offer and a Peri Enec one of the most Beautiful and scenically varied areas in  about 13,000 Danes were kept in the detention Complex Between 1944 and the end of world War ii Many were moved from the Froslev Camp to German concentration Camps mainly Uduc Henwald and Raven Briick. Living conditions in Froslev whose name is known to every schoolchild in Denmark were better than in extermination Camps like Auschwitz in Poland. Re Naining at the Froslev Camp was a form of life insurance for the inmates com pared to those in concentration Camps in Germany or Poland. After liberation Froslev became a Symbol of nazi Germany a occupation and oppression of Denmark. It now houses several museums and a conference Center. When the news about the attempts to woo German tourists spread former wartime prisoners protested and urged culture minister Jytte Hilden to act a if the memory of our comrades who were forcibly moved to Germany Are not respected then the buildings in the Complex should be demolished a said former prisoner Thorkild Andersen. Others fear Neo nazis will be at to acted. The director of the study Center Froslev Camp defended himself. A the prison has a message for posterity a Anders Lyng said a a vacation spot Here should be  storm of interest Sparks in Poland. Iron staff and wire reports Krakow Poland a Schindler s list is. Begetting Schindler hours but not among tour agencies servicing the Macri can military Community in Europe. Steven Spielberg a Oscar winning film has generated so much interest that sightseeing trips have been set up to visit historical places connected with German industrialist Oskar Schindler and the estimated 1,200 jew whom he helped save during world War 11. American military people May need their own guidebooks to follow Schindler s footsteps however. Traditional tour companies like euro Tours and schemer s Tours continue to offer americans cheap Tours of Poland including Krakow i rp1cll>r Searig the Tours toward the film. It would make sense to offer Schindler based Tours if several people toured As a group a said Gunter Schreck a travel agent with euro Tours in Frankfurt. A but our Poland trip is traditionally an individual program. We take care of transportation and sleeping accommodations. What you do is up to  Werner Scheffler of Scheffter a Tours said his business Hasni to changed since the film opened Poland Tours have always been popular because prices Are relatively cheap in Krakow and he said he does no to anticipate a change. Both tour companies work through a to trave and offer discount Tours to americans associated with the military. Zdzislaw Les owner of a jewish Bookstore in Krakow started organizing the Schindler guided Tours after Many people came in to ask about the Sites where the movie was shot and where the jewish ghetto was. Les said he wanted to popularize the history of Krakow a jews and Schindler who kept Many of them from being shipped to the nearby nazi death Camp in Auschwitz by employing them in his factory. Stuart Filer a 52-year-old Chicago journalist who publishes a and a Magazine also is offering an ii Day tour of sues related to the holocaust and to Cusina on Schindler. A a  to this report staff May Quot Darnis tall Germany  
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