Rockwell Fails to Gain Foothold in 1
Germany; Anti-Semitism Declines But
Rise ► oted in Anti-Jewish Newspapers
George! Lincoln Rockwell's ef- by such ideas.
Analyzing the content of radical
forts to ain a foothold in West
Germany have failed, according to right propaganda in Germany, the
a report reaching the World Jew- report received by the World Jew-
ish Congress in New York from the ish Congress states that there is
German minister of the interior. seldom definite identification with
Hermann 1-loecherl. Rockwell's at- Nazism, even though some of the
tempt, it seems, came at a time of old Nazi slogans are retained:
diminishing strength amongst Ger- "blood and soil," "German Social-
man 'rightist and neo-Nazi groups ism." Openly anti-Semitic slogans
which, the minister of interior re- are avoided, but on the other hand
ports, are so "splintered and mu- the radical right groups harbor no-
tually hostile" that their political , torious anti-Semites and permit
arguments "go around in circles them to speak their views at their
and they cannot win over large meetings.
I The report notes that anti-Semi-
segments of the population."
Ten years ago there were 78,000 I tism is especially strong among cer-
Germans organized in rightist tain sects with a religious back-
organizations. Hoecherl reports. In ,ground and that there is a steadily
1962 this number had dwindled to growing influx of anti-Semitic liter-
27,600 while a few months ago this attire from abroad.
figure had decreased by a further 'The German cabinet minister's
3,000. As it is, these 24,600 sup- report notes that some of the Ger-
porters of the radical right are man right wing groups have ties
spread thin amongst at least 123 with the Mosley movement in Brit-
organizations. Four of the 123 ain. with Belgian fascist groups
groups claim 17,600 members. The. and certain neo-Nazi -elements in
rest, 7,000, are divided .into more Sweden.
than a hundred splinter 'groups,
The one topic of German rightist
and attempts to consolidate orga- propaganda which is still prepon-
nizations by mergers have been un- derant and which apparently at-
tracts a widening readership. is the
successful.
question of Germany's war guilt.
While membership in rightist
Neo-Nazi propaganda also attacks
groups has sharply dropped in
the war crimes trials, a stand which
the past ten years, the German
again appeals to a large segment
survey notes a considerable in -
outside the organized right wing
crease in pro - Nazi, anti - Jewish
groups.
Publications. The total circula-
A chart in the report shows the
tion of neo - Nazi papers rose by
decline in anti-Semitic incidents in
16 ped cent in the past year to
West Germany since the peak of
about 223.000 copies per issue.
Despite this, the German minis- 1960 after the Cologne synagogue
ter of interior claims that expert swastika smearing incident. In 1963,
observers believe that the influence 177 anti-Semitic incidents were re-
of rightist propaganda on the gen- . ported, most of them taking place
eral public is diminishing. On the in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Lower
other hand, he states, there are Saxony, Hesse and Bavaria. Of the
signs that such propaganda makes incidents. nine were desecrations
some impact on seasonal workers of Jewish cemeteries. two of the
coming to Germany from other , attacks being perpetrated by men-
countries. The neo-Nazi publica- . tally disturbed persons, four others
tions exploit and simplify topics by children without any political
of general interest such as the war motivation. Anti-Semitic provoca-
guilt issue, the demands of ex- tions led tb court proceedings in
pellees, the alleged or actual war 43 cases. There were 23 incidents
crimes of Germany's former ene- of anti-Semitic and Nazi pamphlets
mies and other issues which. by being distributed, again some of
skillful exploitation may succeed in them by persons of unsound mind.
winning over to the radical right One man, a 63-year-old factory
viewpoint, population groups which manager, produced about 150 anti-
would not otherwise be impressed Semitic pamphlets and. in a solo
effort, distributed them through the
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mail. Of the total of 177 cases of
anti-Semitic nature, 91 were solved
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