European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday june 20,1994timefrom Page 1 difference seeing it in person instead of on George Cush was a visitor while he was vice president. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl came Here As did countless members of Congress and other dignitaries. When the Iron curtain fell apart the Wall in Modla Reuth fell with it. But not Alt of the Wall succumbed to the excavator. A fat piece of it remains along with the wire ence and the guard towers preserved at the request of a hastily formed committee that wanted to put a museum Here where communism and democracy had stood eyeball to eyeball for so Long. The committees dream was realized wednesday when the open air Deutsch Deutscher museum was officially opened. The German German museum however will be More than just a testimony to the trials of Modla Reuth. A we Hope that it will become a memorial place of National importance a said Arndt Schaffner who led the museum Effort a a it a important that we done to regard ourselves As a Border museum but a museum covering the history of the German separation. Division is nothing new to Modla Reuth the Stream that once divided Germany a East and West a was a Border 400 years ago. Later it divided the kingdom of Bavaria from the principality of Reuss. After world War i the Stream Tan Bach separated the state of Bavaria from the state of Thi Ringen. When world War ii ended the left Bank of the Stream was the american zone of occupation and the right Bank was that of. The soviets. The Stream remained the Only Border until 1952 when the East German a ordinance on special measures for the demarcation line was issued. A 10-Yard-wide strip was cleared and a Fence built. That was strengthened by the Wall in 1966. Only a portion of the museum opened wednesday including the remains of the Wall and Fence and the winding Road that was the Border crossing. The remainder will open later this year in a nearby restored barn and will include relics from Border guards of both sides. Blumel helped Schaffner secure some artefacts from the 2nd army Cav regt which left Europe two years ago As part of the draw Down after continuous duty Here since world War ii. A we want to have everything from the decorations. S&3 Hon Jensen a Section of the Wall that once divided Modla Reuth or a Little Berlin a still stands As testimony to the division of Germany. Grenz Gobiet s4s. A amps Ron Jensen a sign warning against trespassers in the Border area a rebuilt Fence and a guard Tower demonstrate the measures used to prevent escape from East to West. On the uniforms to the big trucks a Schaffner said. He also Hopes to display items that will help explain the everyday Fife of East germans. Several politicians spoke at the museum opening including the minister presidents of Bavaria and thu Ringen. They called the museum proof that people will never forget this part of German history. Arnold Friedrich the mayor of nearby open which once included the West German part of Modla Reuth said he originally wanted Only a Monument but later signed on to the idea of a museum. A now that its done in a glad Quot he said in a Brief interview. The museum he said will have two purposes. One is to allow people to see what a separated Germany meant to those who lived through it. The other he said is More practical. The visitors who come Wilt bring com me fee to the isolated Region just off the autobahn Between a Firnberg and Benin the isolation of the Region is Well known to Matthew of Connell a former master sergeant with the 2nd army Cav regt who attended the opening he spent countless hours on Border duty during his years with the regiment and remembers them Well. A i pulled duty Here for 20 years a he said a a lot of american soldiers spent a lot of time right Here for almost 50 a Soldier with the regiment would pull Border duty three or four times a year �?o30 Days at a whack a said of Connell who still lives in Niernberg. A the few a three generations of Cav troopers that were up Here Quot he said. A in our own Little Way we All did our own Little part to make this Bull a go and in the process make possible the museum to reach add Laruth take autobahn 9 from Niernberg toward Hof and get off at the open exit. Just at the City limits of open is a sign pointing the Way to Modla Reuth less than two Miles away ready or not s. Koreans jittery Over Chance of War by Laura King the associated press Seoul South Korea a get a Gas mask. Buy bottled water. Stock up on food. Those Are some of the ways South koreans were told to prepare for War with the North. So How ready was Lee Sang Sukys family a a in a just an Ordinary housewife Quot Lee. 40, said last week rubbing her eyes and clutching the hand of her younger son. �?o1 done to have enough Money to buy and Hoard things. Rich people can do that. But we re poor. If War Breaks out Well just stay at Home and Hope the government takes care of tension on the korean Peninsula has eased dramatically at least fur now with the North a Promise of a Good Faith Effort to resolve the dispute Over its nuclear program. On saturday the presidents of North and South Korea agreed to hold the first Summit since their nations were created in 1945 with the division of the Peninsula. But in the preceding Days War jitters reached the most intense Levels of the 15 month perhaps the first time South koreans saw War As a real possibility. If the crisis should flare again they might slip More quickly into a War mentality. �?o1 told my father we should buy Gas masks and a fire extinguisher some ramen instant noodles and some Bot tied water a said Choi Jin won a 27-year-old office worker. A we never thought about it much before but suddenly it seems there Are lots of things we ought to Many others thought the same. For several Days last week there were Long lines at food stores. Sales of Gas masks Cash withdrawals from savings Banks increased and the Stock Market slumped for two Days. By week s end with the apparent Success of former president Carters mediation the fears had subsided but they Likely left u Mark especially on the Young. A my parents told me that if War Breaks out we must get hold of food and go to the subway station for shelter a confided Kim min i a sixth grader. On a downtown Street last week South customers read the instructions for a Gas mask displayed on a mannequin at a department store in Seoul South Korea last week. Sales of the masks have soared. Korean pfc Seo Byung Soo a smooth a a there a a very big Chance of War faced lad of 21, hesitated and chewed his breaking out a Seo said finally. A i am lip when asked what he thought. His scared but i will fight for my family and companion playfully punched him and my country. And maybe after that Young said a Tell the truth a men wont have to go to
