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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November 28, 1986 Page 27 More Nazi evidence Obituaries implicates Waldheim ‘ f rom staff and wire reports Kurt Waldheim was found guilty of “murder” and “hostage executions” for his role as a Nazi intelligence officer, according to a secret Yugoslavian criminal file, recently released by the World Jewish Congress (WJC). The dossier, compiled in 1947 by the Yugloslav War Crimes Commission, says Waldheim planned the reprisal measures of the German Army in the Balkans and was responsible for the exe cution of hundreds of civilians. The indictment, which includes eyewitness testimony and docu mentary evidence, lists and details 21 villages burned to the ground as a result of these reprisal actions. “Based on everything herein exhibited the State Commission declares Lt. Kurt Waldheim a war criminal, responsible for the war crimes qualified and described above,” the dossier states. “We obtained the document through sources in Yugoslavia that will remain nameless,” said Sharon Cohen, assistant to WJC executive director Elan Steinberg. Cohen told The Southern Israe lite the Yugoslavian Crime Com mission file has been forwarded to U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese. “1 certainly hope Mr. Meese implements the findings of the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations and bars Waldheim from entering the United States,” she said. “That’s the law of the land here. I don’t know what he’s waiting for. lt should be a legal decision, not a political one. The evidence is quite clear.” The 1947 file notes that Wald heim is “presently a fugitive” and says that “apprehension of this criminal...and his extradition for trial to the Yugoslav authorities is compulsory.” Evidence contained in the criminal file includes the testi mony of seven German officers along with a series of captured Nazi reprisal orders. The cap tured Nazi documents show that reprisal measures were systemat ically applied by the Germans throughout the Balkans. •VttOSt \NV\0 cV \\ i Harrier The Nazi orders note that “it is correct to take hostages,” and state that “reprisal measures consist of: (a) Executions by fir ing squad or by hanging, (b) Des truction of the populated areas." “Lt. Waldheim was responsi ble for the implementation of the above mentioned criminal order and other similar orders, and for' the development, creation and issuance of criminal orders,” the Yugoslav document states. A fellow German officer, K laus Melinghoff. identified Waldheim as the deputy to the chief of intel ligence at Headquarters, Col. Herbert Warnstorff. Another of ficer. Johann Mayer, testified that Waldheim prepared all written reports for Warnstorff that “dealt with the question of hostages, reprisal measures, and the treat ment of war prisoners and civ ilian population.” Mayer described how the pro cedure for issuing orders of rep risal began with Waldheim. “The issuance of orders was preceded by the following: The suggestions were developed by Lt. Waldheim and submitted to his command ing officer Lt.-Col. Warnstoff, w ho if he agreed with suggestions then submitted them for appro val to Gen. Richberg, chief of the Headquarters." The dossier lists specific crimes committed on the basis of such orders issued from headquarters. One German officer, Karl Heinz Egberts-Hilker, describes burn ing several Yugoslav villages in 1944 and executing 114 civilians in carrying out these reprisal orders. Altogether, reprisal actions developed “in collaboration with Lt. Waldheim” and carried out against people and property in 21 Yugoslav villages are detailed in the Yugoslav indictment. In most of these cases, the villages were burned to the ground and large numbers of the population were executed. The Yugoslav file was submit ted to the U.N. War Crimes Commission which in 1948 said Waldheim should stand trial tor “murder” and “putting hostages to death.” Louis Kaynard Louis M. Kaynard of Po tomac, Md., died Friday, Oct. 31. He was 71. Mr. Kaynard was a retired supervisory attorney with the National Labor Relations Board, joining the legal staff of its Atlanta office in 1963. He trans ferred to the agency’s Appeals office in Washington, D.C. in 1967, where he served as a super visory attorney until his retire ment in 1984. He received the NLRB's Sustained Superior and Quality Performance award sev eral times during his tenure. A native of New York City, he graduated from the City College of New York with a bachelor of social science degree and from New York University School of Law' with a doctor of jurispru dence degree. He served in the U.S. Arniv during World War 11, settling in Augusta, where he owned a jewelry business. Mr. Kaynard was a past post commander and department commander of the Jewish W'ar Veterans and past president of the Zionist Organization of America in Augusta. He was a member of the Anti-Defamation League. He was also a past president of the Homer-Gudelsky Lodge of B’nai B’rith in Bethesda, Md., a member of Beth El Synagogue, and was active in many civic, religious and charitable organiza tions. Survivors include his wife; MinaTanenbaum Kaynard;sons, Gerald A. Kaynard and Michael A. Kaynard, both of Charleston; daughter, Carol K. Brandwein of Baltimore; brother, Samuel Kay nard of Roslyn, N.Y., and two grandchildren. Mrs. Mollie Buchman Mrs. Mollie Warshaw Buch man of Atlanta died Monday, Nov. 24. She was 82. Graveside service was held Wednesday, Nov. 26 at Crest Lawn Cemetery, with Rabbi Judah Kogen officiating. Mrs. Buchman was a member of Shearith Israel, a past member of Hadassah and a past vice pres ident of the Jew ish War Veterans Women's Auxiliary. Survivors include daughters, Mrs. Morris(Elaine) Ornstein of Atlanta, Mrs. Jack (Sylvia) Za- rovsky of Fort Pierce, Fla., and Mrs. William (Carolyn) Green- baum of Huntsville, Ala.; brother, Carl Levy of Seal Beach. Calif.; eight grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; step-children, nieces and nephews. Contributions can be made to Jewish Family Services. Herbert Levis Herbert B. Levis of Atlanta died Monday, Nov. 10. He was 78. Graveside service was held Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Crest Lawn Memorial Park. Mr. Levis, formerly of Chi cago, had lived in Atlanta since 1965. A portrait photographer, he began his career in Vilna, Lithuania, where, as a young boy, he apprenticed with Vilna’s master photographers. During his 55 years as a por trait photographer, he was the recipient of numerous blue rib bons for his work, nationally and internationally. He received the coveted Honor Medal from the Royal Photographic Society of England for excellence in photo graphy. Some of his works are still at Chicago’s National Acad emy of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jeanette Levis; daughter, Dr. AnnRita Levis Hader; and grand children, Stacey Hader-Epstein, Joan Ellen Hader and Robert Levis Hader, all of Atlanta. Louis A. Lebowitz Mr. Louis A. Lebowitz of Atlanta died Saturday, Nov. 22. He was 86. Funeral was held Sunday, Nov. 23, with Rabbi Philip M. Kranz officiating. Interment was Nov. 24 in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Mas- peth. Long Island, New York. M r. Lebowitz was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Faith Lodge#52 F&AM in Manhattan. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. ZellaTuchman of the Bronx, N.Y.; grandson, Mr. Steven Isaac of Marietta; granddaughters, Audrey Murdoch and Mrs. Rose mary Miller, both of Brooklyn, N. Y.; great-grandchildren. Jason and Nicole Isaac of Marietta. Long-time refusnik dies in Kiev NEW' YORK (JTA) —Haim Elbert, a 68-year-old Red Army veteran who with his family had been denied exit visas since they first applied in 1976, died in Kiev Nov. 8, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported here. His death came two days after he learned that the latest visa application for himself, his wife, their sons and their families had been rejected, the NCSJ reported. Elbert had suffered heart attacks and a stroke in recent years. According to the NCSJ, his son. 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