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Germans March
Against Racism

Bonn (JTA) — Masses of
German demonstrators
crowded into the center of
Berlin to protest against
racism and anti-Semitism on
the 60th anniversary of
Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Hundreds of German
celebrities joined the demon-
stration, which attracted
crowds estimated at being
between 100,000 and a
quarter of a million people.
The showpiece of the pro-
test was a huge lighted
banner which read "Never
Again," the central message
of the demonstration.
The event, organized by
leading German authors,
actors, television stars and
artists, came against the
backdrop in recent months of
anti-foreigner violence in
Germany. The protest was
meant to lead Germans
away from racism, and re-
mind them not to repeat
their unpleasant past.
The vigil marked the 60th
anniversary of the day
Hitler became chancellor.
In other towns in Ger-
many, dozens of similar

Mr. von
Weizsacker
declared that
citizen protest
against right-wing
extremism is
justified and
important.

events took place. According
to police, more than 2 mill-
ion people participated in
vigils and protest marches
nationwide.
At a ceremony in
Frankfurt, the chairman of
the Jewish community, Ig-
natz Bubis, rejected com-
parisons between today's
Germany and the Weimar
Republic. Mr. Bubis said
democracy in today's Fed-
eral Republic is able to de-
fend itself against neo-Nazi
extremism.
Over the weekend, Ger-
man television scheduled
several broadcasts to mark
the anniversary of the Nazi
rise to power and warn
against right-wing ex-
tremism.
President Richard von

Weizsacker joined a vigil in
the town of Rostock, the
scene of violent attacks
against asylum- seekers last
year, including the torching
of a refugee hostel. The
violence in Rostock has come
to symbolize the initial indif-
ference with which the polit-
ical system reacted to the
neo- Nazi wave of violence.
Mr. von Weizsacker
declared that citizen protest
against right- wing ex-
tremism is justified and im-
portant, though it cannot
replace action by the state
authorities.
Interior Minister Rudolf
Seiters said in a statement
released in Bonn that the
government would do
whatever necessary to pro-
tect its Jewish community
and to curb neo-Nazi
violence against foreigners.
He also promised that fur-
ther action is in store to
disrupt the organizations
and groups practicing or
propagating violence
against foreigners.
Mr. Bubis, for his part,
criticized Bonn for having
banned only three neo-Nazi
groups in recent months,
while more than 80 exist in
the country.
In two German towns,
clashes with small groups of
neo-Nazis were reported dur-
ing vigils to protest the wave
of violence against for-
eigners. Police made a few
arrests and said the protest
marches were not seriously
interrupted.
Meanwhile, police re-
ported that a Jewish
cemetery was desecrated
late last week in Eisenhut-
tenstadt, a town in
Brandenburg state. Eleven
gravestones were upturned
and several others smeared
with swastikas.
Although no one was ar-
rested in connection with
this incident, police an-
nounced they had arrested
two German youths in
southern Germany found in
possession of anti-Semitic
and anti- foreigner pam-
phlets.'
Two other neo-Nazis in the
state of Mecklenburg-
Pomerania were sentenced
to jail terms for setting on
fire a hostel for foreign
asylum-seekers. One, a 23-
year-old, was sentenced to
two years and eight months
and his 19-year-old friend
was sentenced to two years.

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