European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes world Friday. October 28,1994 italians sentence German in absent a Caserta Italy a a court has sentenced a former German army officer to life in prison for ordering the massacre of 22 italians i world War ii. Wolfgang Lehnigk Emden 71, was convicted tuesday in absent a. He was freed by a German court in january after it ruled that Tod much time had passed for his  German sergeant at the time Kurt Shuster also was sentenced to life in prison. Apsit of the victims in the oct. 13,1943, massacre were women and children. They were killed with guns bayonets and grenades after some residents tried to signal approaching Allied  slayings took place in Caia to a town near Naples. A / -. German prosecutors Are appealing the dismiss Al of the indictment in Germany. This sentence has a very important symbolic value and could have consequences on the practical level if the Appeal is granted said Paolo Alba no the italian prosecutor in the Case. Lehnigk Emden a lieutenant at the time of the killings is believed to be living near Koblenz Ger Many. V  . Forces apparently misspelled Lehnigk Emden s name delaying his prosecution until1990,when his Correct name was found in italian re cords. /. ,.- of  nears end of task s Berlin a after Selling off nearly 40,000inns, stores and other companies the Agency charged with privatizing the state sector of former East Ger Many said wednesday that its task was nearly com " plete. The  or trustee Agency said it has Only 131 companies left to sell before it closes shop As scheduled at year s end. The Agency which once was reportedly the largest corporation in the world took Over ownership of state companies employing 4.5 million East germans when Germany was United in october 1990. Since then it has disposed of More than 14,000 companies along with 25,000 Small operations such As restaurants inns phar Macies bookstores and Heaters. Its Mission always was to work itself out of existence tre hand president Birgit Breuel told reporters. This has succeeded Well in Many cases and thoroughly failed in a few cases. But we can say today that the course of events is almost finished she said. Front its four year Effort the tre hand has a cumulative deficit of $180 billion a loss that will be a Long term Burden for German taxpayers. Far More expensive than anticipated the tre hand s Mission contributed to dissatisfaction in both sections of the country. In the West people complained about the rising tax Burden to finance unification. Easterners who were used to lifetime employ ment were stunned at being fired in droves As the tre hand prepared Over manned factories forthe Market Economy. Highlighting resent ment against reunification was the fact that the first Western head of Treu hand was assassinated. Detlev Rohwedder was slain by the extreme leftist red army faction in april 1991. Eastern Germany s eco nomic output plummeted following unification but has revived in the past two years. The Region had a Strong 9 percent annual growth rate in the first half of this year though unemployment is still around 15 percent. The tre hand got Good news this week when the european Union approved the takeover of the Eko Stahl steel Complex. It had been a showpiece of communist Industry.   " -. Non German firms have taken about 1q percent of the tre hand s companies. Rohwedder attacks by German Neona is a Bonn Germany a reported attacks by Neo nazis in Germany Are Down 35 percent this year and germans Are now targeted nearly As often As for Eigners the government says. Radical right violence much of it aimed at for Eigners has plagued Germany for the past four years killing at least 30 people and injuring hundreds Neo nazis carried out 1127 violent acts from Jan. 1 to oct. 20, Down from 1,737 during the same period last year according to the office for the Protection of the Constitution a Federal Agency that tracks extremists. No has died in this year s violence but perpetrators in eight of the attacks have been charged with attempted murder the Agency said. However an Asylum seeker from Ghana nearly died in september after Neo nazis stabbed him and threw him off a commuter train just outside Berlin. Hans Cert Lange the Agency s spokesman said germans were the Vic Tims of far right violence in 56 percent of the attacks in 1994, compared with about 30 percent last year. He said a crackdown by the German Justice system has helped reduce the violence. 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