Evening star., 1945-07-01

Among the thousands of persons
who viewed the photomural exhibi-
ton and moving pictures of German
atrocities at the Library of Congress
yesterday, one thought was almost
unanimously voiced:
THE tortures in concentration
camps were horrible, more SO than
we ever believed. These pictures
should be shown everywhere in the
United States"
One school teacher thought the
exhibition being presented by The
Star and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
should be shown in schools to stu
dents aged 13 or older. Many agreed
that not only Americans, but all
Germans should see the evidences
of barbarism as the strongest argu-
ment against future wars.
Says Nazis Have No Belief.
"The pictures show in more than
any other way that the Nazis have
no belief whatever in the value of
human life" E. w. Paulette of Ar
lington said. Some of the most
touching scenes were of dead
children"
One of representative group of
service men in attendance was APP
prentice Seaman Charles Sladen,
veteran of IS months action in the
Pacific, now visiting his family at
120 Eleventh street Sc.
"One thing which impressed me
deeply" he said, "was the difference
between the inhuman treatment ac-
corded prisoners by the Germans
and the humane treatment given
prisoners by our forces / have seen
how Americans are caring for Japa-
.nese prisoners in the Pacific"
Calls Pictures Unbelievable
James w. Mcclure, rs, of 25l
Eleventh street Sc, a retired car
tographic engineer in the Coast
Geodetic Survey, called the pic
lures unbelievable
I'VE must see that it never hap
pens again." he said. But it will
unless we deal relentlessly with the
German war leaders and general
staff. They should be shown
throughout the country while our
policy is being shaped, so that
people won't be deluded by the false
sentimentality of the past"
The reign of terror was seen
through younger eyes by Stanley
Linchuck, 16, of 1416 Chaplin street
NV, but his reaction was much
the same.
The pictures should be shown in
all schools, so that young people
will know how those prisoners were
mistreated," he said. II think that
all war criminals should have fair
trials and the guilty be executed.
The Germans should be forced to
see the films and photographs"
Some Too Moved to Comment.
Some of those who sat through
the first local showing of the NOV
ing pictures were too moved to Of
fer comment. Others, who admit
ted they had clear realization Of
German atrocities for the frs. time,
spoke with spontaneous enthusiasm
Here is more about what they had
to say:
Mrs. Robert Bellows, 40, an ele-
mentary school teacher at Amboy,
H.: 1T was fine show. The pic
lures should be shown to everybody,
especially those in the Middle West,
the center of isolationism. ] had felt
all along it was the German people
who were responsible for the atroc-
tiles, and now know it. All school
children of junior high school age,
those 13 years old and up, should
see the pictures"
Charles j. Walsh. Arlington. Il
had no idea that the NaziS mis-
treated their prisoners in so many
camps. all over Europe. The slaugh-
ter of victims in Italy, for instance,
was particularly horrible. The
grief-stricken relatives mourning
for their lost men-folk was terribly
impressive.
Mrs. j. Floyd Steele, Fairfax VIII
lage S. E.: THE pictures were so
accumulative ir their effect of hor-
AOl 40 Wdo dlllCuit W dppi CCldCe SO
much. I like the impression en-
phasized in both films, especially
the Army indoctrination picture, to
disprove the claim that the average
German was not responsible"
Favors Exhibit Elsewhere.
Mrs. H. Marahl, Detroit: ''These
films should be shown all over the
United States. ] had no idea the
atrocities were so bad. You can't
get the full idea of what the Nazis
did by reading about it."
B. S. Tyner, a fruit grower and
shipper, Lakeland, Fla: THE pic
ltures are wonderful. All people
throughout the United States shoy.d
see them for enlightenment
Mrs. Ann ". Dessart, 2900 Con-
necticut avenue NV, Government
clerk Il wasn't sure before / saw
the pictures. Now / am convinced
land for tie first time feel real
resentment against the people who
Icould perpetrate these horrible acts" "