W. German Anti-Semitism Strong BONN (JTA1— A public opinion poll showing that anti-Semitism is still strong in West Germany has been confirmed by security serv- ices which reported that anti-Semitic incidents have increased alarmingly in the country over the past year. According to a public opinion poll conducted by sociologist Badi Panahi, 50 percent of those surveyed have negative feelings about Jews and one-third have very strong anti- Semitic prejudices. Just before this poll was published in Stern maga- zine, a government survey published last week in Der Spiegal news magazine showed that 18 percent of West German voters believe "Germany had it better under Hitler." The poll published in Stern said that 27 percent of West Germans believe some races are predis- posed to be more im- moral than others"; 14 percent believe "you have to keep in mind that Jews exercise a damag- ing influence on Western Christian culture"; 56 percent did not share this view; 16 percent rejected it "moderately," and 10.5 percent rejected it "weakly." According to Stern, de- spite the disclosure of Nazi murders and the telecasting of such films as the "Holocaust," anti-Jewish prejudices have still not died out. Meanwhile, security agencies reported 42 inci- dents of vandalism against Jewish cemeteries, monu- ments and synagogues in 1980 compared to 35 in 1979. There were 44 cases in which Jewish activists were threatened or plots were uncovered to murder Jewish leaders. Most of these developments were concentrated in recent months. In the Cologne suburb of Deutz, 30 Jewish gravestones were de- stroyed and others daubed with slogans such as "Adolf (Hitler) Lives." In the old Jewish cemetery in Aschafen- burg, 87 gravestones were desecrated last No- vember and partially de- stroyed. In August 1980, 152 gravestones were over- turned and damaged in the same cemetery and similar crimes were committed in more recent months in Worms and Bad Hersfeld. Large-scale damage to Jewish gravestones were reported from Frankfurt, the city with the second largest Jewish community in West Germany. Swastikas and Nazi slogans were daubed on the stones. A monument at the site of the old synagogue in Frankfurt and another Jewish site in a public park were defaced with anti- Semitic slogans. Police re- ported evidence of close cooperation between Ger- man and non-German ex- tremist groups, the latter notably Palestinians sup- porting the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Security services were increasingly concerned with new evidence of contacts between neo- Nazis in West Germany and El Fatah, the ter- rorist arm of the PLO. Many members of the outla wed "W.ehrsportgruppe Hoffman," a neo-Nazi paramilitary organiza- tion masquarading as a sports club, have re- ceived training at PLO camps in Lebanon. The leader of the group, Karl-Heinz Hoffman, vis- ited Beirut several times in recent months and was hosted there by the PLO. The government is reported to be playing down these facts for fear of harming its relations with the Arab countries. Reacting to this wave of anti-Semitic incidents and to the government survey which showed that 18 per- cent of West Germans feel that life was better under Hitler, Heinz Galinski, chairman of West Berlin's Jewish community, urged new laws to combat neo- Nazism and rightwing ex- tremism. He noted in a radio inter- view that his past warnings about a rightwing revival had been dismissed as exaggerated. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 27, 1981 Youth Concert in Birmingham A youth concert featuring the "Movin' Theatre," a dance troupe from Wayne State University, will be presented at the Birming- ham Temple 1:30 p.m. Sun- day by the Vivace Commit- tee. Tickets are available by calling Evelyn Kreger, 544-8350, and at the door. HARVEY URNOVITZ'S Luncheon will be served by the youth group of the tem- ple at 12:30. There is a charge. It Your Hosts: Jack Baiter 1111 and Al Winkler HUNGARIAN VILLAGE APRIL 1 & 2, 7 p.m. 11 MUSICIANS SINGERS DANCERS '12 CHICKEN PAPRIKASH or VEAL PAPRIKASH or STUFFED CABBAGE TICKETS IN ADVANCE 843-5611 I-15 (Fisher) at SPRINGWELLS EXIT All Credit Cards 5€9-1548 The New P ICKLE SARRE!. DINNER SPECIALS GOOD FROM MARCH 27 THRU APRIL 3 TUES. . .LIVER & ONIONS $3.95 WED. . .MEAT LOAF $3.95 THURS. .VIENNA SKIRT STEAK $4.95 ALL DINNERS INCLUDE: CUP OF SOUP, SALAD, VEG., POT. & BREAD BASKET CARRY-OUT SPECIALS per pers. 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Ilt Following its appearance ■ in Charleston and Montgomery, the exhibition is expected to be on view in about a dozen American cities, it was announced by Rabbi Malcolm Stern, chairman of the Exhibits Committee of the American Jewish Historical Society. Honoring Mozart in Europe PUPPET SHOW DINNERS FROM $4 15 Vet0 it „ Wqffings SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH AT 1:30 P.M. We'll Give You The Shirt Off Our Back! The first 6,000 Youngsters (14 and under) attending the Wings Shown at the recent Mozart Week festivities in Salzburg, Austria are from left, Salzburg Lord Mayor Josef Reschen; Richard Spaengler, president of the International Foundation Mozarteum; and Marguer- ite Kozenn Chajes, of the Detroit and Vienna Mozart societies. 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