ThoughtCrime: 05/09/95
Executive Fired for Translating Journal Articles
Because she helped translate three reference articles published in
The Journal of Historical Review, a long-time executive of the German
National Tourist Office in New York has been dismissed. Michael Kranefeld, Regional Manager of the Office, announce on
May 9 the immediate dismissal of its manager of sales promotions, Elke Berg,
who is also the wife of former Journal Editorial Advisory Committee member
Friedrich Berg. "We had to dismiss her ... We do not tolerate anti-semitism,"
Kranefeld said. He added that Elke Berg had worked for the Board for 18
years, and that her role in the translation "was the first anyone here knew
about her views." Elke Berg, a native of Germany whose former name is Kniepkamp,
married Friedrich Berg in 1988. She helped translate three technical articles
that appeared several years ago as appendices in two issues of the Journal. The three articles, which are devoid of any political content,
were originally published in Germany in 1938, 1943 and 1944. They were translated
"by F. P. Berg and E. Kniepkamp," and appeared as supplements to essays
by Friedrich Berg. The first was published in the Spring 1986 Journal
as an appendix to "The German Delousing Chambers." Two others were published
in the Winter 1988-89 Journal as appendices to "Typhus and the Jews." Source: The Journal of Historical Review Vol.XV, No. 3 May/June
1995. PO Box 2739, Newport Beach, CA 92659.
"Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death."
George Orwell
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