Communist Alliance with Hitlerists Has Knocked Bottom out of Antisemitic Accusation That Communists

The alliance of the Communists with the antisemitic Hitlerists has knocked the bottom out of the antisemitic accusation that the Communists are a sort of protective troops for the Jews, the “Juedisches Wochenblatt” of Cologne writes in an editorial article. That is the most joyful part of this whole business, it says. The Jews’ protection troop is now going its own road, and it is a road which is not the road of protecting Jews. We have never asked Communist protection for the Jews, and we are glad that the malicious legend is exploded.

The Communists have been loud in their denials that they are working in conjunction with the reactionary antisemitics forces, the paper pursues, but we can see now what their denials are worth. It shows once again that antisemitism is a useful weapon to almost any political party, not to be disdained if only it looks like bringing any political advantage, no matter how much the party in question may have previously declared itself against race-enmity. Blaming all troubles on the Jews and on people of Jewish origin is an easy way for mob agitators to win support. What is illuminating in the present situation, the paper concludes, is the converging of the extremists of right and left to menace German Jewry. Already things are terribly hard for the Jews of Germany. The financial crisis has hit most the middle-class, and doubly so the Jews. Even with the failure of the referendum, and no immediate new elections, the political outlook is none the best. What is partly concealed antisemitism and partly undisguised hatred of the Jews may soon become the official policy. But the Jews of Germany will not despair. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the reasonable and sober elements of the country, now more than ever, and in the end, whatever happens now, the victory must go to moderation and endurance.