Fears were expressed here today that the Zionist movement in Germany, which has hitherto been permitted by the Nazi government, may soon be prohibited.
A tense situation for Zionist activities in Germany has been precipitated by a series of anti-Zionist articles now running in the Voelkische Beobachter, the official organ of the Nazi party and of the German government. The articles are written by Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, Hitler’s right hand man, and are prominently featured on the front page of the Beobachter.
Identifying Zionism of today with the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” Rosenberg charges that the German Zionists betrayed Germany during the World War. He quotes speeches of Zionist leaders and protocols of Zionist meetings in Germany, in London and in Carlsbad, aiming to show that the German Zionists weakened Germany’s allies during the World War by fighting Turkey to promote Zionist aims.
The Zionist Federation of Ger-
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