European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 31, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 is Vince Crawley a slovak Soldier stands guard at Bankd Bystrick As a crowd gathers to commemorate the 1944 slovak uprising. Tribute to uprising recalls heroism agony of slovaks to. By Vince Crawley writer Polo aka Slovakia dignitaries and veterans from 22 countries met in mountainous Central Slovakia Over the weekend to pay tribute to a Little remembered uprising that although ending in failure helped alter the course of world War ii. A handful of . Military members were among the tens of thousands who gathered saturday in the Moun Tain City of basks Bystrick for the 50th anniversary of the slovak National uprising a smaller ceremony Sun Day in the secluded Village of Polo aka honoured Ameri can military advisers who died in the uprising. The human spirit was on trial in these sunlit Hills and shadowy valleys 50 years ago said Madeleine Albright . Ambassador to the United nations and one of the . Dignitaries in Slovakia to attend the ceremonies. Albright was speaking at the sunday ceremony Loma where 10 members of an american military team were captured in a Mountain Lodge the Day after Christmas 1944. The 10 agents with the office of strategic services forerunner of today s Cia and Mili tary special forces were shot a month later at Mau Hausen concentration Camp in Austria along with associated press correspondent Joseph Morton who was the Only american journalist executed by enemy forces during the War. Humble families shared bread Bacon and Barley with the american forces and partisans Albright said of the struggle to survive the Winter. Young men and women froze to death by the dozens As they fled the German Advance others died at Mau Hausen. Others lived to continue the struggle for although there is no glory in War Albright said there is dignity without measure in what happened " on aug. 30, 1944, about 70,000 democratic slovaks rebelled against their pro nazi government and took up arms against German invaders after Adolf Hitler sent an is division into the Region to Hunt Down rus Sian commandos. At least 20 american military advisers took part in the doomed slovak uprising. Most were killed including 15 american service members and Morton the accompanying War correspondent who were tortured and executed at Mau Hausen. Slovak partisans also freed dozens of downed Ameri can aviators who were being held in local prisoner of War Camps and at least 41 escaped fliers reached Friendly lines. The germans spent two months fighting poorly armed slovak soldiers and civilian artisans before the uprising was crushed in Slovakia s Tara mountains. Hitler eventually poured seven divisions and More than 30,000 soldiers into the Region draining forces desperately needed elsewhere to halt Strong Allied and ,. V is Vince crawly. Villagers watch a commemorative Parachute drop near a Siomka involving slovak jumpers and . Special forces parachutists. Vances on the Western and Eastern fronts. Banka Bystrick Headquarters of the uprisings was captured by germans on oct. 27, 1944. Partisan guerrillas retreating to the mountains during one of the Century s fiercest Winters continued harassing enemy troops until the end of the War. Vavro Rysavy a Veteran of the partisans said that after world War ii the soviet control red government of Czechoslovakia twisted the facts of the uprising claiming it was inspired by communist rebels. The uprising was for democracy and for czech Oslo a Varia said Rysavy 83, who fled to Canada and then the United states in the late 1940s when communist authorities began imprisoning the country s democratic supporters. " a. Czechoslovakia overthrew its communist government in 1989, and Slovakia with a population of 5 million peacefully split from its czech neighbor in Early 1993. Bookstores Transfer. To cafes set to Start by the stars and stripes the eight stars and stripes bookstores in the United kingdom will close at noon today eventually reopening As cafes Book Marks. The stores Are the first in Europe to be transferred to the military Exchange serv ices As directed by Congress in the 1994 de sense budget. An additional 14 stores in Germany Italy Spain and Turkey will close next week by ocl i All us store m the system Are to be to runs feared to Raktis. 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