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New York (JTA) — An
Israeli journalist and former
intelligence agent who in-
filtrated German neo-Nazi
groups for the past five mon-
ths warned this week that
the size and reach of the
rightist movement in Ger-
many has been severely
underestimated by its
government.
Yaron Svoray, a child of
Holocaust survivors who
posed as a rightward-leaning
journalist with high-finance
connections, befriended the
leaders of several extremist
groups and discovered
thousands of members
previously unacknowledged
by the German government.
Mr. Svoray cited one
group, the Nationalistic
Front, which the govern-
ment says has 130 members.
The group's leader,
Meinholf Schoenborn,
challenged Svoray to verify
a membership list of 8,600 —
any of whom, Mr. Schoen-
born said, would report im-
mediately to Schoenborn's
office to say "Yes, mein
Fuhrer."
"I believe that the German
government estimate is only
a quarter," Mr. Svoray said.
"That is, you should take
their estimate and multiply
by four."
Mr. Svoray, 38, said he
traveled to Germany four
times from October to April
and visited with neo-Nazi
leaders for hours of inter-
views, dinners and nights
out carousing, which includ-
ed urination on effigies of
Jews.
He also watched as the
skinheads attacked some
Cypriot refugees.
"Initially it was one of the
most horrific experiences of
my life," Mr. Svoray said.
"It was revolting. But I ac-
tually had to stay and look,
the way you do at an acci-
dent."
Rabbi Marvin her of the
Simon Wiesenthal Center,
the primary sponsor of Mr.
Svoray's investigation, said
Mr. Svoray's major
discovery was a previously
overlooked charismatic neo-
Nazi leader named
Wolfgang Juchem.
Mr. Svoray says that Mr.
Juchem, who lives near
Frankfurt and lectures
regularly throughout east-
ern Germany, claims to have
2,000 financial backers and
a network of sympathizers
numbering nearly 10,000.
A crew from CBS accom-
panied Mr. Svoray on part of
his investigation. Some of
the CBS footage was broad-
cast on German public tele-
vision.
Rabbi Hier said that Stern
and Der Spiegel, two of the
most prominent German
publications, have also
bought the story.
During the investigation
Mr. Svoray used an
Australian passport with the
name Ron Furey, which he
chose for its resonance with
"Fuhrer," and claimed to
write for a right-wing
American publication.
The Wiesenthal Center
distributed to reporters pic-
tures showing Mr. Juchem
smiling broadly with his
arm around the Israeli Mr.
Svoray.
"It was very much like a
neighborhood. You meet one
person and they introduce
you to someone else and say,
Skinheads attacked
some Cypriot
refugees.
`This is my friend, Ron,' "
Mr. Svoray recounted.
Mr. Svoray also observed
that the neo-Nazis had
friends in certain German
police precincts like Hesse,
where Mr. Svoray said local
neo-Nazi leader Heinz Reisz
was told in advance of police
raids and often "given a
wink, a nod and a goodbye
by the police."
He assessed Mr. Juchem, a
polished former intelligence
official who describes
himself as having "put in 30
years of good service to the
German nation," as the
likeliest candidate to unify
the fragmented movement.
In contrast, he believed the
youthful skinhead groups
posed less of a threat.
"Most of them are just kids
in it for fun," Mr. Svoray
said. "In four weeks, they'll
be Tibetan monks or some-
thing."
Rabbi Hier believes it was
important to conduct an in-
dependent test of the Ger-
man estimates.
"The government has been
late to act in monitoring
these groups," said Rabbi
Hier.
Mr. Svoray's findings have
been sent to the German
ambassador.
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