THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 21, 1984 NEWS German Green Party similar to Nazis? Bonn (JTA) — Frequent allega- tions of a resemblance between the Green Party, which has won 10 percent of the popular vote in recent national and regional elec- tions, and the rise of the Nazi Party in the Weimar Republic more than a half century ago, have irritated left-wing Jewish intellectuals who share the ecological and pacifist philosophy of the Greens. Nevertheless, the parallels are disturbing to many Germans, Jews and non-Jews, because the Greens manifest certain nationalistic tendencies and are distinctly unfriendly toward Is- rael. Until recently, comparisons were drawn by political opponents of the Green Party, notably the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian counterparts, the Christian Social Union (CSU), both conservative. But at the Green Party's last con- vention the Nazi analogy was ex- pressed from within its ranks. It came from Rudolf Bahro, an ideological father figure of the Greens who complained that the party's rise in recent years was similar to that of the Nazis. His remarks triggered shouts of pro- test and Bahro undoubtedly for- feited much of the high regard he enjoyed among the Greens. But clearly, his outspoken criticism set a precedent which cannot be ignored. There have since been other voices raised in the party for a frank discussion of its ideologi- cally nationalistic tendencies and of its organizational structures which bear an unpleasant kinship to those of the Nazis. The first evidence of a hostile attitude toward Jews emerged in 1981 when some branches of the party circulated a calendar con- taining anti-Semitic propaganda. When the Jewish Telegraphic Agecy questioned this at the time, party officials initially tried to brush it aside. Pea 546-6200 Specialists In Rousing Pest Control 1030 WOODWARD HGTS. FERNDALE, MICH. 48220 INC CALL THE ROTT BROS. 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