European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday june 8,1994 at a glance i Faythe Demaroney a seventh grader in Stuttgart Germany who learns about science in a classroom that doubles As a menagerie gets a Feci for one of teacher Robert Hanks chinchillas. See Story on Page 12,divorce costs men the notion that men often enjoy an improved economic condition As a result of a divorce is erroneous a study says. A Page 6writing flaws found american pupils have trouble making their Point in writing the education department Page 10 video games criticized violent computer games Are impairing the ability of British children to concentrate in class according to a teachers Survey a Page 12scrabble skirmish two big american bidders Are fighting for control of a British company with rights to sell scrabble outside North America. A Page 16jackson on top Alan Jackson cleaned up at the inn music City news country awards on monday picking up five honors. A Page 21 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers. 24 classifieds. 25-28 comics. 2224 commentary. 15 crossword. 24 education. 12 faces a no places. 21 focus. 1720 Horoscope. 27 Jumble. 27 letters. .14 Money matters .16 sports. 30-36 to listings. .35 weather. .13 germans did t belong at anniversary some say by de Reavis staff writer. Many germans say they have watched commemorations for the 50th anniversary of a Day with mixed feelings but some agreed that germans should not have officially participated in the events. Quot i think the Western governments should seize upon every Chance they get to celebrate Quot said Frank Dicter Engle Brecht 31, of Darmstadt just South of Frankfurt. A they have so Little positive to report these Days rising unemployment nationalism the ruined ecology and so Englebrecht said that Quot it was Only logical that the germans were not a but the whole affair cd Day and All that a is very far away from us geographically and mentally. Old history a he added. His wife Ronate agreed. Quot Ftp a just about the Only thing in Europe from which we can be excluded with some historical justification Quot she said Wolfgang Schuler a publisher in Munich said he found the Normandy Celebration fitting. Quot the germans were rightly not invited to Normandy. They had no place at a Victory Celebration. Thank god the allies landed Quot he said. A but the germans should have gone there and held a great requiem for All the people they killed not Only in Normandy but throughout Europe. But the ceremony should not have been for the German dead they asked for it a Hitler and his but Schuler said he believes russian president Boris Yeltsin should have been invited to give the ceremonies a better sense of historical balance. A the Celebration was a bit lopsided by Only praising what the West had done Schuler said. Valentin Sengpr a retired radio journalist in Frankfurt agreed. A i was All for the Celebration. I think its Good to refresh people s memories about the events that led to the liberation of Europe a said Senger a jew who lived through the War in Frankfurt. Quot but at the same time i found that the soviets were slighted. I think we be forgotten that it was the red army that broke the nazis Back. A Day came after Stalingrad and Leningrad where millions died. A i sometimes think in our Zeal to for get and belittle the russians after the so 1 Viet Empire deservedly dissolved we also attempt to eliminate the soviets entirely from while Many acknowledged the legitimacy of the a Day commemoration a few germans such As Helmut Kramer were a bit put off by its magnitude Kramer in his late 50s, has his own Little printing business in Darmstadt he said he found the Normandy Celebration overblown. A it was a Victory Celebration and the germans should t have been there. Had there been a different concept a a look at the present and future a German presence would have been Franz sch Huber the chief of the right Wing Republican party who served in the elite is was quoted As saying that it was appropriate that germans were excluded from the Normandy ceremonies. An aide quoted sch Huber As describing the Allied Landing As a a judgment of a it meant the death of the nazi regime. But the German dead should also be mourned a sch Huber was quoted As from Page 1 peace we must set our sights on a strategic Star. A there where America and our allies fought so hard to save the world let that Star for both of us for americans and europeans alike be the integration and strengthening of a broader legislators listened to simultaneous translations of Clinton s address through earphones. Most lawmakers sat impassively As he spoke listening intently then gave him a standing ovation at the conclusion. Earlier tuesday Clinton endorsed a . Proposal for a renewable four month cease fire in Bosnia and enlisted Premier edouard Balladur a support for sanctions against North Korea which is denying vital nuclear information to International inspectors. On his first visit to France As president Clinton held separate talks with gaullist leaders Jacques Chirac the mayor Octaris and Balladur. Both want to be the conservative candidate in presidential elections next year. Clinton also was meeting with socialist president Francois Mitterrand who says he intends to remain in office until his term ends in 1995 despite a Battle with cancer. Thousands of business people tourists and children lined Clinton a motorcade route through downtown Paris straining for a glimpse of the president in his armoured from Pago 1 world the gift of Freedom. On monday the world gave them a gift in return the Promise to never forget. A fifty years ago the first Allied soldiers to land Here in Normandy came not from the sea but from the sky president Clinton said monday during a speech at Normandy american cemetery. A they were called pathfinders the first paratroopers to make the jump. A deep in the darkness they descended upon these Fields to Light beacons for the airborne assault that would soon follow. Now near the Dawn of a new Century the Job of lighting those beacons Falls to our hands. To you who brought us Here i Promise we will be the new pathfinders Lor we Are the children of your the a Day remembrance was not so much a passing of the Torch As a covenant Between generations. And the Way so Many veterans View this Bond May be the most enduring gift of All. A almost every generation says it was the one who met the test and those who follow Are living off the fruits of their labors a said Donald Fadler 71, of Bowie md., who joined the fight in March 1945 As an infantry Rifleman. A every generation has to find its own meter. A the Good limes Are easy to go through but its the hard times that teach us the most. Our generation Wasny to the first to be tested and it wont be the in a restaurant in Lise world War ii paratrooper George Ziemski pursed his lips and Shook his head sideways when asked if his Genera lion is special. A no no Quot said the 76-year-old Veteran from St Paul Minn. A i think its a different time. It just happened that for my generation this War started. I think it could happen to any generation. It was unfortunate that it happened in our. I a 1 1 time. But it did happen on their watch and the Way they handled that Challenge and the others that followed has set an exam get that will be Tough for the world to Fol of. Some veterans however Are less enthusiastic about the younger generations. A we Are not a special generation but we would like to be recognized As a generation that tried to do something great for the world Quot said Edward Chonka 79, of Colorado Springs colo., who As an private was a combat Engineer with the 82nd airborne div a the younger generation does no to think t still most veterans Are hopeful. A in times of crisis we have always had people Rise to the occasion Quot said . Sen. John Glenn a Ohio who was a Marine fighter Pilot during world War ii. A i Don t have any doubt that the people of today would Rise to the but what Are the chances of such upheavals occurring again to one group of people in the depression they Learned the value of work. In world War ii they Learned the value of life. In the cold War they Learned the value of peace. Now As their Century comes to a close and a new generation begins to assert it self they Are asking us not to forget the lessons they have Learned not to squander what they have built. A i think we need their leadership Quot 69-year-old Don Mckeage said of Young americans. Quot i think the Young people of today Are capable of working and fighting and doing what we did. A we think the country is Worth keeping Quot said Mckeage a world War ii paratrooper. A we have a great country. Why not keep it great Quot now the tour buses Are gradually disappearing from Normandy. The thousands of Gray haired men arc returning Home to finish the lives they built. The French people who had the Peculiar Fortune to live near beaches that americans Call Omaha and Utah too Are returning to their quieter Rural existence the men who fought Here 50 years ago gave the people of Normandy a and the world a something so Large and valuable that its difficult to describe. Man of the veterans View what they did As no big Deal. They say they just did what they were supposed to do. As taps echoed monday through the Normandy american cemetery a breath of wind swept across the Graves rustling the Trees ruffling the flags and banners of the thousands who had gathered there for a final a Day tribute. It May have been just an element of the weather. Or perhaps it was something else. Maybe it was the sigh of those who Lay buried there. Or the spirit of Normandy passing to another generation
