European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 3, 1994 j world the stars and stripes Page 17memorial to plot 6n Hitler opposed Bonn Germany apr Chancellor Helmut Kohls plans for marking the 50th anniversary of a famous botched attempt to kill Adolf Hitler Are under fire and the critics include relatives of military officers who hatched the plot Kohl s election opponent is upset at having been omitted from the ceremonies commemorating the july 20, 1944, attempt to blow up Hitler he says Kohl is using an anniversary of great National importance to political advantage. The nazi dictator walked away from the explosion at his wolfs Lair Headquarters with scorched Quot hair and damaged eardrums. The anniversary gives Germany a Chance to Point out that although Hitler had the backing of the populace there were serious attempts by High ranking military officers to get rid of him. The Central event is a july 20 gathering of politicians relatives of officers who were involved in the plot and other invited guests at the Bendle Block the former military Headquarters in Berlin where the conspirators had worked. The building now houses a museum Hon Oring germans who dared to stand up to Hitler. Berlin mayor Eberhard Diepgen a prominent member of Kohl s Christian democrats invited the Chancellor to speak at the july 20 ceremony and Kohl has accepted. But Kohls opponent in the oct 16 Federal elections social Democrat Rudolf Scharping says the Chancellor will misuse what should be a solemn occasion to boost his image and improve his. Chances of getting re elected. A a a. A Kohl succeeded this week in getting German troops invited to Paris on july 14 to March in France s Bastille Day Parade a a Posl world War ii first that follows his failure to get invited to next weeks commemorations in Normandy France of the 50th anniversary of the a Day invasion that led  liberation of Europe from the nazis. Scharping says fairness dictates that he be invited to speak at the july 20 ceremony in Berlin. He Points out that his party was a victim of nazi repression. The social democratic party was banned by Hitler and Many of its members were sent to concentration Camps. The Berlin newspaper Tage Spiegel reported wednesday Hal relatives of officers involved in the assassination plot Are threatening to Boycott the july 2i> ceremony unless certain exhibit objects at the Bendle Block museum Are removed. According to the newspaper the relatives done to like the fact that the exhibit groups communists who opposed Hitler with the officers of the Chr Mach the country s world War 11 military. In the assassination attempt col. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg placed a briefcase containing a bomb beneath a table during a military briefing convened by Hitler at his wolfs Lair Headquarters in what is now Poland. The bomb exploded but hitter was saved by the tables thick top and by its heavy wooden support. Stauffenberg and the rest of the plotters were round cd up and executed either by firing squad or by being hanged with piano wire. The officers supported Hitler when he came to Power but grew to hate him As the fortunes of War turned against their  t forget Stalin s victims says Moscow up Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn visiting a huge mass grave of Josef Stalin Spurge victims near the russian City of Khabarovsk on thursday pleaded with russians not to let their present hardships make them forget the millions who suffered and died tit the hands of the soviet dictator. Solzhenitsyn made the Stop in Khabarovsk As part of his monthlong Cross country journey by rail slowly working his Way to Moscow. The writer said russians current problems arc so overwhelming that the awfulness of the soviet past is being forgotten. A Russia today is in such a plight that people have to Cope with their concerns problems fears and humiliation a said the celebrated writer who returned to Russia from 20 years of exile last Friday. He Laid Flowers on the grave which reportedly contains the remains of 14,000 people shot by Stalin a secret police in the late 1930s, and carefully read through the names listed on the nearby commemorative Wall. A the memory of the past moves to the background. And we think that we can fuss around today and forget about the mass elimination of people a said Solzhenitsyn in comments carried by the official itar Tass news Agency Solzhenitsyn himself a former inmate of Stalin a notorious gulags was one of the first russian writers to chronicle the life and death struggles inside the soviet concentration Camps. He won the 1970 Nobel prize for literature for his works but was expelled from the country he loved by the soviet authorities. Solzhenitsyn was visiting the grave with Alexander Solzhenitsyn right looks through a window of a train with his family As they leave Vladivostok for Khabarovsk on wednesday. Solzhenitsyn is travelling with a Cal to right his wife Natalia and his sons Stephan and pc Amotai the Nobel prize winning writer has returned to Russia after 20 years of  officials of the memorial society a human rights organization dedicated to keeping alive the memory of those repressed under soviet Rule. He told onlookers that the country a Best and brightest had been killed by Stalin in his Savage purges. A they could have built a better life than those who stayed alive a he said adding that the tragedy of the Stalin years was the underlying reason for russians present Day a humiliation and tormented conscience a the writer had harsh words for the entourage of journalists and hangers on who Are shadowing him on his Cross country trip. He complained that he was being paid too much attention and that he was unable to walk freely in the towns and cities he planned to visit along the Way. A this is a big Burden for me a he said. Holzhe n i Tsy n a Knowle Deil How eve e a that he had expected his return to his native country to be fraught with difficulty. But he added that he would continue to speak his mind no matter who is offended peacekeeper found in beating death of Petawawa Canada apr a military court convicted a Canadian peacekeeper of negligence wednesday in the beating death of a somalian prisoner. Maj. Anthony Seward was found guilty of negligent performance of duties but acquitted on the More serious charge of unlawfully causing bodily harm. , 40, was charged last year after a somalian teen was beaten to death in a holding cell at the Canadian army compound in Baclet Huen in Central Somalia. The victim Scidane Abukar Arone had been caught trying to break into the Camp. Seward was not present at the beating but was charged because he issued a standing order to rough up prisoners if necessary. He testified he intended the order to mean soldiers could use physical Force to catch looters because he wanted to avoid shooting. Three soldiers were charged with beating the teen. Two were convicted in the killing. A third master cps Dayton matches of Saskatchewan accused of delivering most of the blows was found unfit to stand trial because of injuries suffered in a suicide attempt. Seward originally from Hamilton Ontario Wilt be sentenced later. He faces a maximum penalty of two years in jail and dismissal with disgrace from the Canadian forces. The sentencing hearing begins thursday. In a separate Case the former comm aiding officer of the Canadian airborne regt in Somalia pleaded not guilty wednesday to negligent performance of duty. It. Col. Carol Mathieu is accused of ordering his troops to shoot at looters fleeing the compound Mathieu 44, faces a maximum penalty of two years in jail and dismissal with disgrace from the Canadian forces Schindler s list deemed too graphic for Egypt Cairo Egypt apr Egypt a chief film censor says Steven Spielberg a Schindler s list is Loo Good to Cut but Loo graphic to show. The censor Hamdy Sorour banned the movie from Heaters but denied his decision was political. Censorship Laws he said would oblige him to Cut More than 20 scenes of violence torture and nudity. A but cutting these scenes would undermine the High technological Quality of the film a Sorour said. A the value of the film would be  the film which won seven Academy awards depicts How German industrialist Oskar Schindler saved hundreds of polish jews from nazi death Camps during world War if. A we could condone showing the murder of three four or five people a he said a but when tens of thousands Are being burned. 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