Evening star., 1960-01-05

in Britain, where anti-Germs
from World War II.
Sir Christopher Steel, Brit
ish Ambassador to Bonn. came
home from West Germany for
special talks. British officials
privately expressed concern at
the international standing OF
West Germany's government. a
partner in the North Atlantic
Alliance.
The West Germans took their
first court action, sentencing a
man in Berlin to 10 months in
Jail for painting anti-Jewish
slogans on two doors and a
shop window. He is Rolf
Wollny, %, an unemployed
clerk.
Is Held in West Berlin
Sixteen members of extremist
organizations were being held
in West Berlin after they staged
an outdoor meeting Saturday
and sang Nazi songs.
West Berlin took steps to
ban two radical rightist youth
groups although police said
neither had been directly con-
nected with anti-Semitic Incl
dents. The two are the National
Youth of Germany and the
League of Nationalist Students
In the United States. the
national director Of the Anti
Defamation League of B'nai
Birth announced plans to GO
to West Germany next week
BENJAMIN r. Epstein of New
York said he would seek a full
complete" report and then pre-
sent it to the B'nai Birth In
ternational Council meeting
January 1926 in Amsterdam
Another American Jewish
leader refused to dismiss the
smear campaign as strictly the
work of "hooligans whose taste
for violence has been excited
by the incidents in Germany"
CO-Ordinated Plot Seen
Rabbi Joachim Prinz, ex-
PEELED from Germany by the
Nazis, said in a statement is
sued at his home in Orange,
N. j., that he suspects "the at
tacks are part Of a co-ordinated
effort to demonstrate that
the international anti-Semitic
movement still flourishes."
In West Germany. Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer told a Jewish
leader he is revolted by the out
break Of anti-Semitism in his
country. Hendrix van Dam, Sec
retary general Of the German
Jewish Council, called on Mr..
Adenauer after the appearance
of the first swastikas and slo-
ganS in Bonn itself. Mr.. van
Dam said Mr.. Adenauer told
him:
Efforts to find the wirepull-
ers responsible are now in prog
reSs. There are certain circles
trying to compromise the fed
eral government (of West Ger
many"
"WirepuIIers" Not Named
The West German govern
ment has been mentioning
"wirepullers" for several days
but has not named them.
A Foreign Office spokesman
said: I'VE have not given a de-
cided opinion on who the wire
pullers are. Maybe they are
from the East (Communist) ,
maybe not"
In Soviet-controlled East
Berlin. Communist newspapers
angrily rejected hints by West
Germany that the original anti
Semitic incidents may have ac-
tually been masterminded by
the Communists.
A West Berlin newspaper,
Der Abend, reported anti
Semitic incidents also had
cropped up in East Germany.
The paper reported that anti
Jewish slogans and swastikas
were found in Oranienburg
about six miles north of Berlin.
Prestige Is Damaged
British officials are making
no secret of their view that
the batting of Jews in West
Germany has damaged the in
ternational prestige Of the Ade-
nauer regime.
ANY setback Of the inter-
national standing of the Fed
eral Republic must be of con-
cern to Britain as an allied
power" one official said.
Aside from anything else
the incidents are a free gift to
the Communists who are SC
fond of reminding the worlo
that Nazi influences are by nc
means dead in West Germany
Jewish shops were defacec
In England. Swastikas were
scrawled on walls in Italy. West
German diplomats received
threats and Jew-baiting slogan!
appeared in Australia as thu
outburst went into its 18th day
Drastic Action Promised
ENJOYS from West Germany
assured other nations Chan
cellor Adenauer's government
will take drastic action.
Such evil deeds" a state.
rnent said. appear part of g
planned campaign to discredit
the Federal Republic before
world opinion"
Meanwhile a left-wing mi.
nority group in Israel called or
the 10000 Jews remaining ir
West Germany to migrate tC
Israel. The appeal was made
by Xvi Lubotkin Of the Achdutt
Avodah Party at a meeting o.
the Zionist General Council