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Fredriksen's supporters
by Jewish activists in a
series of clashes outside a
Paris courthouse Sept.
18. The neo-Nazi leader
was convicted on that
date for inciting race
hatred. He will be sen-
tenced next month.
Meanwhile, in West
Germany, the Jewish com-
munity and other victims of
Nazism are deeply dis-
turbed by the apparent
apathy of the authorities in
the face of increasingly vio-
lent activities by neo-Nazi
park-military groups. A
case in point is the outlawed
"Wehrsportsgruppe
Hoffmann" which the Pro-
secutor General originally
held responsible for the Ok-
toberfest bombing in
Munich last Friday that kil-
led 12 people and injured
213. The Bavarian Interior
Ministry said Tuesday that
it suspected the group had
links with the Palestine
Liberation Organization
and Libya.
The group's self-styled
"Fuehrer," Karl-Heinz
Hoffmann, 42, was arrested
along with five of his associ-
ates. All were released
Monday for lack of evidence.
According to the pro-
secutors office, there was no
urgent suspicion" of their
involvement. Instead,
police believe the bombing
was the work of one man,
21-var-old Gundolf
KhoTer, a student who be-
longed to the Hoffman
group. He died in the blast.
The
history
of
"Wehrsportsgroppe
Hoffman" 'which mas-
queraded as a sports club,
seems to bear out charges
that the West German
authorities and political
leaders have underesti-
mated the neo-Nazi danger.
As early as 1974 the group's
activities were widely re-
ported in German news
media. Police in Nuremberg
where the organization was
based said that Hoffmann
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Arabs Ask More
IMF Vote Power
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Behind the demand of the
Arab states for the recogni-
tion of the Palestinian Lib-
eration Organization by the
World Bank and the Inter-
national Monetary Fund
(IMF) is the much wider
issue related to their desire
to inwease Arab voting
power and a commensurate
decrease in the strength of
the industrialized democ-
racies in the affairs of the
World Bank group.
The increase in Arab;
power would thus enable
the oil-producing states to
ease the way for PLO recog-
nition.
Banking authorities ex-
plained that the oil-
producing countries want
more authority than they
have and that the PLO issue
is merely a facet of their aim
for greater strength.
The issue is being dis-
cussed by the joint proce-
dures committee chaired. by
pro-PLO Tanzanian Fi-
nance Minister Amir
Jamal.
and his group were well
known and on several occa-
sions members were ar-
rested, though promptly re-
Interior Minis-
leased.
ter
Hans-Dietrich
Genscher said more re-
cently that Hoffman's ac-
tivities were very sus-
picious. But the state
government in Bavaria
which studied the
charges concluded that
no unconstitutional aims
could be attributed to his
organization.
Hoffmann and his sup-
porters engaged in military
training in an old castle
near Nuremberg. Hoffman
was brought to trial for il-
legal wearing of uniforms.
But the prosecution was un-
successful.
At a second trial he was
found guilty and fined 8,000
Marks. The sum was easily
raised by the right-wing
National Zeitung, the most
widely-circulated neo-Nazi
publication in West Ger-
many.
police while trying to dis-
rupt demonstrations and
meetings of left-wing organ-
izations.
Eventually, Hoffman was
tried for violating the law
against possession and use
of firearms and was found
guilty.
Last January, Federal
Interior Minister
Gerhard Baum banned
the organization. A police
raid on its headquarters
yielded a quantity of mili-
tary materiel including
an old tank. But the
group's activities contin-
ued.
Last Saturday, in the
wake of the Munich bom-
bing, a police raid turned up
more military equipment
and explosives in members'
homes. But according to the
prosecutors office, they
were not related to the exp-
losion in Munich.
The Werhrsportsgruppe
Hoffman has a membership
of about 400, making it the
largest neo-Nazi para-
military organization in
West Germany. During the
past few months its gangs
frequently clashed with
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