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it's like the case of David
Duke (the former KKK
grand wizard now serving in
the Louisiana legislature).
Not many will come out and
say, 'I support him,' but look
at him now. I think there are
Germans who say, 'I have
sympathy for Hitler. Okay,
maybe his policies went a
little overboard, but . . "
"This (unification) is a
very bad omen," added
Temple Kol Ami Rabbi
Emeritus Ernst Conrad, who
was born in Berlin. Not
enough time has passed for
the nation's "punishment
and purification" since
World War II, he said.
Anti-Semitism is illegal in
West Germany, and the
nation has paid out millions
of dollars in reparations to
Holocaust victims. West
German Chancellor Helmut
Kohl has, in recent months,
made numerous speeches
citing the particular nature
of the Holocaust and Ger-
many's guilt in the murder
of 6 million Jews.
But some groups aren't
impressed. Benjamin Meed,
president of the American
Gathering/Federation of
Jewish Holocaust Survivors
in New York, asserted this
week that the new Germany
must "acknowledge the
responsibility of its
predecessors for the crimes
committed against the Jew-
ish people and humanity.
"While some West Ger-
mans have made progress in
confronting their Nazi past,
there is still a widespread
trend to forget their 'ancient
history,' he said.
Wayne State University
Professor Guy Stern, who
was born in Germany, works
with many Jewish organiza-
tions, including serving as
chairman of the advisory
committee of the Holocaust
Memorial Center in West
Bloomfield and as a consul-
tant to the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial in Washington,
D.C.
Professor Stern also works
with the German govern-
ment's Goethe Institute, a
cultural outreach organiza-
tion, and is making a docu-
mentary for Bavarian tele-
vision about a children's au-
thor who died in the Holo-
caust.
The reunification of East
and West Germany means
three things, Professor Stern
said. It portends the end of
the post-war period, "which
means less preoccupation
with World War II and all its
horrors, and less stress in
the schools on the unique
persecution of the Jews."
Professor Stern also
predicted conflicts between
West Germany, where it is
at least "socially unaccep-
table to be anti-Semitic,"
and East Germany, which
jumped from a dictator nam-
ed Hitler to another named
Stalin, "who gave short
shrift to any idea of Jewish
persecution ever having oc-
curred."
Finally, Professor Stern
said German reunification is
likely to mean "a swelling of
national pride, which will
first direct itself against for-
eign workers and may
ultimately spill over to the
Jews."
American pride is based on
a history of democracy, he
said. But German nation-
alism springs from a past of
"some really dark spots."
Professor Stern stressed,
however, that Germans
should not be regarded more
intrinsically anti-Semitic
than any other peoples. To
analyze the new Germany as
though Germans are a whole
different breed of anti-
Semite is mistaken, he said.
"If we could localize anti-
Semitism that neatly, we
Jews would be better off," he
said. "But the truth is that
it's part of a large, pejorative
attitude that is religiously
and economically founded.
We see from the past how
frequently the Jews have
served as scapegoats for
many political dema-
gogues." ❑
''"I NEWS 1".11
Rosh Hashanah
Stamps Issued
Bonn (JTA) — Just before
unification, East Germany
issued two postage stamps in
honor of the Jewish New
Year, which was celebrated
on Sept. 20 and Sept. 21.
The stamps will remain in
use after Oct. 3, when the
German Democratic Repub-
lic and the Federal Republic
of West Germany united to
become a single state.
The stamps are of 50 and
30 pfennig denominations.
One pictures the famous
former synagogue on Ora-
nienburgerstrasse in East
Berlin, which is undergoing
extensive renovation to
become a Jewish ad-
ministrative and cultural
center.
The other honors Louis
Lewandowski (1821-1894),
who served as the syn-
agogue's choral director.
Part of the revenue from
the sale of the stamps has
been earmarked for the
foundation financing the
renovation work. Purchasers
who want to contribute add
15 pfennings to the price.