Worldwide Reports of Anti-Semitic Incidents

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The Subcommission on Pre-
vention of Discrimination and
Protection of Minorities, a unit
of the UN Commission on
Human Rights, took the action
on a petition of the Interna-
tional League for the Rights of
Man, supported by the World
Jewish Congress. Chile and
Uruguay led the fight for the
commission action which was
carried by a vote of six in favor,
one against, and five absten-
tions. Judge Philip Halpern,
United States member of the
commission, was not present at
the session.
Dr. M. L. Perlzieveig, repre-
senting the World Jewish Con-
gress, warned the subcommis-
sion that the question was
"urgent." It was, he said, "a
matter of life and death in view
of the activities reported from
all corners of the earth."
The Israeli UN delegation at-
tended the session of the sub-
commission in the role of
observers and made it known
that it would follow the body's
activities for the duration of
the session. Earlier, it had sent
the subcommission's chairman a
copy of the statement the
Israel government is delivering
to 'all nations with which it has
diplomatic relations, warning of
the dangers inherent in the
present wave of anti - Jewish

tika daubing there. The "Kom- and anti-Semitic material here
mandant General" of the organi- and abroad.
zation was arrested.
Speaking before the Over-
seas Club in Hamburg Monday
Opposition Mounts Against
night, Dr. Brantano called for
New West German Measure
"an uprising of the German
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people against the criminals
to The Jewish News
BONN.—A bill to give the and fools" responsible for the
West German government anti-Semitic excesses.
A Federal Ministry of the In-
greater powers to deal with
anti - Semitic activities, spon- terior spokesman told the JTA
sored by Chancellor Konrad that 114 cases of swastika and
Adenauer's Christian Demo- anti-Jewish slogan daubing had
cratic Party, continued to meet been recorded in West Ger-
resistance both from opposition many since Christmas Eve and
political parties and the Cen- that 30 arrests had been made
tral Council of Jews in Ger- of suspects, most of them under
25 years of age.
many.
T h e Frankfurt Magistrate
During the debate in Parlia-
offeerd a 10,000-mark reward
ment Monday, Adolph Arnst,
for information leading to the
of the Social Democratic oppo-
arrest of the vandals.
sition, reiterated that his party
A Bonn court Monday sen-
would vote against it because
tenced a 22-year-old worker to
the party believed that existing
four months and a 19-year-old
laws were enough to protect
worker to three months in jail
West Germany's Jewish citizens.
for smearing swastikas on a
Dr. Hendrick Van Dam, sec- church.
retary of the Central Council,
The need for "fundamental
' again stated the Jewish opposi- action" by the government was
tion. He said the Central Coun- emphasized here • by Zachariah
cil favored only changes in ex- Schuster, European director for
isting libel laws, which would the American Jewish Commit-
make possible the prosecution tee, who cited the need for elim-
of anti-Semitic incidents. He inating former Nazis from pol-
added that while combatting at- icy-making positions in the gov-
tacks on freedom and dignity ernment, including Cabinet min-
was the duty of the state, the istries and the field of educa-
forces of democracy "also must tion.
take the initiative and help Jew Beaten in Istanbul
themselves."
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swastika smearing.
Dr. Van Dam also indicated
ISTANBUL.—New
anti-Sem-
that the activities of Alec
(At Bonn, the Israel gov-
itic
daubings,
and
the
first
beat-
Easterman,
political
director
ernment's statement of con-
for the World Jewish Con- ing of a Jew since the inci-
cern over the recrudescence
gress in Europe, were not en- dents began, were reported
of anti-Semitic manifestations
tirely acceptable. Easterman Tuesday by Istanbul police.
in West Germ r. n y and
Swastikas and anti-Jewish slo-
had submitted to Heinrich
throughout the world, was de-
gans
were daubed on the walls
Von Brantano, the Bonn For-
livered to the West German
eign Minister, a series of pro- of a synagogue, the rabbi's
Foreign Office. J o h a n a n
posals for dealing with the house and Jewish shops in Geli-
Mer o z, counsellor of the
upsurge of anti-Semitic ac- bolu.
Israel purchasing mission sub-
The Jew, who was not identi-
tivities
in West Germany
mitted the note which was
since the Christmas Eve
g e n e r ally similar to. that
daubing of the Cologne syna-
Israel is -subthitting to every
gogue by two young members
country with which it has
of the ultra-right wing Dent-
diplomatic relations, but it
ches Reichs Party. One of
-made clear that Israel -did not
the Easterman proposals
hold the Federal Republic to
called for the ouster of for-
blame for the events.)
The United Nations action un- mer Nazis from key positions
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folded against a background of in the Adenauer government.
Asserting that the Council
LONDON — Leading • British
continuing r e p or t s of anti-
Jewish manifestations all over was "the only competent speak- prelates continued Wednesday
the world and mounting indica- er for the Jewish community in to denounce the outburst of
tions that while the swastika Germany," Dr. Van Dam said anti-Semitic daubings in the
smearings and acts of desecra- that the Easterman proposals British Isles.
tion might, in large part, be the did not have the "unconditional
Cardinal Godfrey, the Arch-
isolated acts of "lunatic fringe" approval" of the Central Coun- bishop of Westminster, declared
and crackpot elements, in many cil.
Tuesday night that Roman
The Bavarian Ministry of the Catholics were "deeply dis-
areas local neo-Nazi or fascist
organizations were also at work. Interior told the Jewish Tele- tressed" by the outbreaks of
In Johannesburg, police re- graphic Agency it was investi- racial prejudice. Bishop Wilson
ported discovery of an anti- gating Hungarian, Ukrainian, said that "all Christians will
Jewish anti - Catholic organiza- Lithuanian and Czech refugee share in the same feeling of dis-
tion with headquarters in Natal groups in the state which have gust at the recent desecration
believed responsible for swas- been publishing anti-democratic of the Jewish cemetery in
Brighton." He called the vandal-
ism "mean and despicable," and
urged the people of Britain to
"unmistakably condemn such be-
havior and support any steps
necessary to halt it."
Dr. Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi
of the British Commonwealth;
Dr. R. H. Shepherd, the Mod-
erator of the General Assembly
of the Church of Scotland, and
Dr. W. Russell Shearer, Moder-
ator of the Church Federal
Council, issued , an appeal in
their capacities as joint presi-
dents of the Council of Chris-
tians and Jews.
They asked the British people
to express openly their sym-
pathy with "their Jewish breth-
ren," especially in those places
where the Jewish community
may. be directly involved, to
exert "all possible influence"
against atension of the dese-
crations, and to apply them-
selves "with renewed vigor to
the long range task of uproot-
ing of the widespread under-
lying prejudices."
In a letter to the London
Times, the three clergymen
expressed the belief that the
Carrying a banner proclaiming "Against Race Hatred"— anti-Jewish activities were the
"Gegen Rassenhas"—demonstrators in West Berlin are shown work of "a small group of em-
bittered extremists, whose im-
marching in protest against the anti-Semitic incidents.

fied, was beaten during an argu-
ment about the incidents in a
coffee house in Istanbul. No
other details were reported.
"Death to the Jews" and
"Dirty Jews" were daubed with
swastikas on the walls of Istan-
bul university. Some leading
Jews here received letteres con-
taining similar sentiments.
Turkish newspapers ex-
pressed indignation over the in-
cidents both in Turkey and else-
where. The government, how-
ever, decided to cancel official
advertising in the "Yenisabah,"
which recently carried a strong-
ly anti-German editorial. A
government spokesman said the
editorial might undermine
Turkish-West German relations,
but a West German embassy
spokesmen here said his gov-
ernment had not made any ap-
proach to Turkey about the
editorial.

Brussels Vigilance Action

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BRUSSELS.—Posters showing
the Star of David and a sword
with the legend, "The Nazi
Monster is Reemerging," ap-
peared Tuesday on Brussels
main streets, as a committee- of
vigilance, set up by several hun-
dred Belgian Jews,. went into
action. A similar committee
was established in Antwerp.
The posters also contained
the words: "Remember the
forty million victims of Nazism
—Down with Neo-Fascism."
The National Committee of
the Social Christian Party ex-
pressed severe condemnation of
the recent anti-Semitic inci-
dents and the Catholic youth
movements sent a letter of sym-
pathy expressing similar con-
demnation to Jewish youth or-
ganizations.

In Antwerp, a prosperous
shop patronized by Jewish cus-
tomers neared bankruptcy as a
result of an unofficial but effec-
tive boycott, , after the owner
insulted a Jewish customer with
anti-Semitic comments.

Death Threats Sent to
Two British Labor MPs

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LONDON. — Two labor MPs
have received letters warning
them to stop supporting Jews in
the current outbreak of anti-
Semitic incidents or "be liqui-
dated."
Richard Crossman said Mon-
day night on a television pro-
gram that he received a Nazi
death threat Wednesday after
he had condemned swastika
daubings on synagogues. Cross-
man said the note, neatly typed
in red, accused him of having
"wilfully defamed and derided
national socialism" and that
"the penalty is death."
The letter came from "the
London Pogrom Committee of
the People's Liberation Army."
Fenner Brockway reported
receiving a similar letter threat-
ening him with "liquidation" if
he did not stop being "pro-
Jewish."
Neither MP is Jewish but
both are known for their oppo-
sition to all forms of discrimin-
ation.
In Dundee, Scotland, two
men who pasted an anti-Jewish
poster on a shop window were
fined ten pounds each, Monday.
A number of lesser daubing in-
cidents were reported from
various parts of the British
Isles.

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Additional Reports
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British Leaders Assail Fascism: German
Employees Discharged; U. S. and Adenauer
Government Put Nazi Records Under Guard

Protest Against Tassenhas'

portance it would be foolish
to exaggerate."
A separate statement was is-
sued 'by t h e Council of
Churches, with an additional
signatory, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher,
the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The British Labor Party
called Tuesday night for action
to prevent displays of anti-
Semitic sentiments.'
The international subcommit-
tee of the national executive
committee of the Labor Party
declared that the appearance of
swastikas and anti-Jewish slo-
gans was "an ugly reminder
that there is even in this coun-
try a small minority of people
who support fascism and all its
beastly associations."
Simultaneously with the sub-
committee's session, South
Wales Party leaders, meeting in
Cardiff, decided to ask the
Labor 'Party leaders and the
Trades Union Congress to urge
the British government to
break off diplomatic relations
with West Germany until anti-
Semitism there has halted.
"Now that these Nazi ele-
ments have shown their hand by
threats against members of Par-
liament, their actions can no
longer be ignored," the sub-
committee declared, and ex-
pressed the "earnest hope" that
"there will be authoritative
condemnation of these acts and
continuing efforts by the police
to bring the culprits before the
court. Now is the time to act
with the full force of the law."
The West German Embassy
asserted here Tuesday night
that three British firms have
dismissed their German em-
ployes as a gesture of protest
against the upsurge of anti-
Semitic incidents in West
Germany.
Hans Von Herwarth, Bonn

Ambassador to Britain, was un-
derstood to have reported to his
government that he considered
the growth of anti-German
sentiment in Britain "very seri-
ous."
It was understood that no
West German protest against
the dismissals will be made.
One famous London store has
r e m o v e d all German-made
products from its windows, in-
cluding typewriters, coats and
shoes, and has cancelled orders
from West German firms.
. Details of the employe dis-
missals were given to West
German correspondents sta-
tioned here, during a press
briefing at the West German
embassy. The correspondents
also were told that the embassy
has a complete list of British
firms which have fired German
nationals recently. The cor-
respondents were urged to give
full publicity to the dismissals,
to indicate to their West Ger-
man readers the growth of anti-
German feeling in Britain.
The British press gave

front page coverage Wednes-
day to reports that Chancellor

Konrad Adenauer's govern-
ment and United States au-
thorities have put under a
strict censorship records of
the Nazi party membership.
The records, which were
among documents captured by
U. S. troops when they invaded
Munich in the final days of the
Hitler regime, are now kept un-
der strict guard by American
sentries. They are believed to
include officials now in high
posts in the West German gov-

ernment.

It was reported that foreign
correspondents have been re-
fused permission to inspect the
records of the former Nazi and
their crimes committed during
the Nazi era.

