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Show Thursday, May 9, 19% THE DAILY HERALD,Prove, Utah — Page P35 New gamereflects life in former E. Germany wanted to surpass the West's standard ofliving while avoiding the evils of capitalism The Kureks. big board game fans themselves, began developing the game for friends and relatives shortly after German unification in 1990, when the differences between East and West Germans were on everyone's By PAUL GEITNER Associated Press Writer BERNAU, Germany — Germany’s hottest new board game, a kind of East German * *Monopoly,” recreates whatlife used to bein the Communist East. Your trusted fellow player can turn out to be a secret police spy. And, of course, there are plenty of oppor- tunities togodirectly tojail. Drawing on the black humor lips. The reaction that in 1904 the Kureks had a that helped East Germans cope prison near Dresden, the Com- munists’ most notorious prison for political foes and people caught trying to escape “Its not an authentic history, but a kind of caricature,” says Leaders not sure where Russiafits in By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press Writer BIRMINGHAM, England — Ministers from 27 European countries meeting here say Russia is crucial to stability in post-Cold War Europe. But they can't quite figure out whereit fits. Russia isn’t formally associat ed with the Western European Union, a 42-year-old military alliance which is starting to develop as both the European Union's military arm and NATO's European pillar, So it wasn't invited to Tuesday's ministerial meeting While most of Europe has hitched its star to NATO and to a lesser extent to the WEU, Russia and Ukraine remain on the fringe of these Western military alliances. “There was a belief that the security of Europe does require very careful thought about how Russia and Ukraine can be more integrated into the European secu rity architecture,” British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind told reporters at the end of the conference. He noted that Russiahasjoined NATO’s Partnership for Peace, a program of cooperation between the U.S.-led alliance and former Soviet bloc countries, but said that is not “the kind of relationship needed with a nuclear superpower.” For German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel. finding a way to include Russia and Ukraine in Europe's defense is crucial. “We have to take away from Russia the fear of isolation,” he said. French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette ag thatthe rest of Europe has to look again at its links with Russia. “We needto organize the secu rity of the European continent all together — the European Union, NATO and Russia.” he said Three current events are crucial for the evolution of Europe's future security: the European Union's debate on closer defense translates roughly as “Overtaking Without Emulating,” Isa joke. It refers to a slogan coined by East Germany's first communist leader, Walter Ulbricht, who german printer make up — Peter Arend, ° cies andis start1,000 copies whichthe family toy store owner ing to spread to he west, Koch assembled a ont few at a time, in Christian Seipelt, who mantheir home in ®ernau, a small town in easter®Germany, just ages two gamesstores in western Berlin, estimates that customers north of Berlin A few stores agreed to sell who have bought “Overtaking them on commission, and in three Without Emulating” are evenly months the wholebatch was sold divided between Germans from east and west, known as Ossies out “There's a little nostalgia and Wessies. In fact, Kurek says, the gameis there,” concedes Peter Arend, an early fan who has sold about 400 the most fun when Ossies and copies at his toy store in eastern Wessies play together, because Berlin, “But it's not that people the discussionit provokes helps to bridgethe lingering psychological want the oldtimes back “The main motivation is that gap between the two groups. “I've heard froma lot of peo” it’s fun and that people can have a little fun with this gray past ple who've done this and who were able to find common ground People can laugh now.” Peter Mueller, a 28-year-old through this humorous look east Berliner who bought one of back,” he says Kurek says he’s not out to the first copies, describes playing the game as a formof release and offend anyone by makinglight of a way of coming to terms with the past. He just wants to stimulate discussion the past “There are people whosay. “When a time is past. you ‘Before, everything was better.” can’t just wipe it away andsay it That's notit at all,” he says. “It's wasn't there.” he says. “You the opposite. One looks back havetotalk about it. The game withthe gameandsays, ‘I've for- sets off a lot of discussion.” throne, has also admitted commit ting adultery. Diana tried desperately to save her marriage, Hewitt was quotéd as saying. “I think that she thought he (Charles) did not try enough and it was very hurtful to her.” Take A Trip On Us There are many ways the Bank of American Fork can help you with your vacation plans this summer. Vacation loans, EquiLoans, and our convenient debit and credit cards can make your vacation more exciting and enjoyable. Bronson and Cherié enjoyed San Diego andespecially th Hotel Del Coronado. Stop in with your vacation ideas and 4 | to renovate parti larly NATO, de Charette saik sia is apprehensive over plans to admit as many as a or more new members, re expected to be former vy Pact nations, which v views as an effort by the States and its allies to xefront line of the old Cold ser to its doorstep. the breakup of the Soviet ussia has few countries to for assistance in the event flict. Wecare about you as NATO, and the prospect of enlarging European institutions, N d S Kurek, a 30-year-old electrical engineer who created the game with his 31-year-old wife, Heike. a music teacher. Even the game's title, which a party gamein shortly after the % moves AP. Photo Robert Kurek, left, and his wife, Heike, right, Bernau, north of Berlin, that they created in 7 German reunification, “There’s little nos- a list price of talgia there. But it’s about 40 marks The NOt that people want game is widely the old times back.” —— p east- LONDON (AP) — Princess Diana's former lover says he felt hurt and betrayed wher she let their affair fizzle out after five years of “very, very special” int macy, a newspaper reported Wednesday Former aemy officer James Hewitt claims he provided Diana with crucial support at a time when her marriage to Prince Charles was crumbling, and the couple dreamed of a future toget er, The Sun tabloid reported Butthe affair “just fizzled ou after his return from the Gulf W in 1991, amid growing p scrutiny, The Sun said “| was becoming a prob was no longerthe savior,” it qu ed Hewitt as saying in a TV doc mentary “I felt that at least a modicu of support which I had given h in years past could have beengiv en to me. But no, I was left to get on with it as best I could.” Hewitt met Diana at a dinner party in 1985 and later agreed io give her riding lessons. The Sun quoted Hewitt as | ing that the affair started in 19% six years before Diana and Ch formally separated. Their lawy are negotiating termsfor a divorce Hewitt reveaied his affair wih Dianain a 1994 book and she cop (eit integration, was SO positive by breakup vd with life under communist 'dictatorship, the game sends players through bureaucracy, bribery and « the black market as they compete to acquire a car, a telephone and communist party membership Six years after German unification, former East and West Germans are still adjusting to each other. and the game offers whatits inventor, Robert Kurek, calls “a humorous wayof coping with the past.” For those who grew up in the former East Germany, it’s a chance to commiserate and poke fun at the lost system they loved to hate. For Westemers, the game offers a sometimes intimate glimpse into the way the other halflived Not everyonefindsit amusing Some communist diehards accuse Kurek of distorting history and painting East Germany in an exaggerated, unflattering light Others argue, Kurek says, “that there are things that are serious and sad and shouldn't be made fun of.” such as the Bautzen gotten so much Buschfunk Vertriebs, a Berlinbased publisher specializing in music, books and videos from the former East Germany, contacted the Kureks last year and bought the rights to the game. Buschfunk's version hit the stores last September and has sold almost 80.000 copies at Di’s former lover hurt een Bankof American Fork vance BEB : |