European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 18, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 militants quit Gaza talks threaten israeli settlers i from the associated press Gaza City Gaia strip the mutant islamic opposition group Hamas announced Friday that it had abandoned reconciliation talks with palestinian authorities using a mass rally to pledge continued attacks on israeli targets. Hamas leaders spoke to More than 10,000 supporters gathered to Mark the group s 1987 founding with a nearly four hour demonstration that included threats against israeli settlers and skits depicting violent operations of the past months. During the rally Security forces throughout Israel and the occupied territories were on Alert for possible attacks. In the occupied West Bank near a jewish settlement outside Ramallal a palestinian shot and wounded an israeli army reservist following the ambush about two dozen armed jewish settlers demonstrated in the Center of the palestinian town smashing windows on Arab cars. Twelve were arrested settler leaders said. Stolen manuscripts found St. Petersburg Russia counterintelligence agents on Friday recovered a collection of ancient Eastern manuscripts Worth $100 million stolen from a St. Petersburg Library last week authorities said three suspects were arrested. The manuscripts include works of chinese mongolian tibetan and near Eastern philosophy. They were brought to St. Petersburg in 1842 by the Leader of a russian spiritual Mission in peking the Library s alarm system was not working when the books were stolen late sunday. I m sure that someone from our Library was involved said Vladimir Zaitsev an administrator at the Library. We have militia guards and an alarm system but that is not enough to be it was not the first theft at the Library. Last year a former Library employee stole and smuggled to Israel a collection of ancient jewish books Worth $10 million. -. ,. V -. Counterfeiters foiled Minsk Belarus police discovered an underground printing press and arrested two men who allegedly planned to print $10 million in 100 Dollar notes the inter fax news Agency said Friday. The suspects were identified Only As an ethnic armenian living in the Black sea resort City of Sochi Russia and a chemical researcher from the belorussian Academy of science police said they had planned to sell the bogus Bills in the former soviet Union for 50 cents to the Dollar. About 3,000 notes that already had been printed were seized inter fax said. German history Berlin a a National museum on 600 years of Germany s history from the Middle Ages to reunification has opened in Berlin and the director invites the Public in for hot and cold Baths of presenting German history is a delicate Job. There s so much tragedy the holocaust and two world wars in this Century and the thirty years War that engulfed Europe in the 17th Century that the Bright eras of enlightenment and accomplishment in science and other Fields could be overwhelmed. When it was decided in the Early 1980s to have a National museum on German history a War of the Histo rians broke out Over essentially what Germany s history was. And what were the causes of the disasters in Germany one can go to jail for having the wrong View of history a court in Munich on thursday sentenced a notorious Neo nazi activist to prison for deny ing the holocaust occurred. There will be to such problem for the German historical museum which opened thursday. The holocaust is there lira dark Corner behind a bust of a Stern Adolf Hitler a continuous video shows death Camp horrors. There also is a display of authentic striped uniforms that those in concentration Camps were forced to Wear. The anti semitism that brought on the holocaust is Plain to see in nazi Campaign posters with hebrew Syle print denigrating jews. But the holocaust is Only a Small part of some 2,000 objects on display in the museum. The zigzags of German history Are very Strong museum director Christoph Stoelzl said. The six centuries begin with germans United As european christians. They divided in the religious conflicts of the reformation. Now after numerous catastrophes they Are Back under one nation holding ideals common to All europeans of democracy and human rights Stoelzl said. That is Stock s message europeans at the Start europeans director Hopes the message comes through from the All authentic exhibits. There Are no replicas or re productions the first object is medieval Armor. Toward the endow the exhibit the different lives of East and West Ger mans Are exemplified by cars a 1951 West German Volkswagen Beetle and a 1962 East German tra Bant or Between there Are glowing portraits of Kings and emperors a splendid collection or spiked helmets from prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck s age a big rack of All the uniforms that the nazis put on the Ger mans weapons and posters from Germany and its foes in the two world wars urging people to buy War Bonds and the charred engine of a British Lancaster bomber shot Down Over Berlin in 1944.there s a German language copy of the . Decla ration of Independence. Germans could read it in 1776,but, As Stoelzl pointed out More than 200 Yean passed before All germans could enjoy life Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness in a United country. The museum is in the 300-year-old Zeu Ghaus on Theuner Den Linden Boulevard in Eastern Benin. 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