A 34-year-old man; Peter Ecke, who distributed neo-Nazi propaganda and attempted to revive the banned Nazi Party was ordered by a West Berlin court Tuesday to pay $175 to an atonement fund that sends money to Israel. The court also ordered Ecke to be jailed for 61/2 months and fined Wedo. Baumgart. 71, $470. for similar offenses. Ten others involved in efforts to revive the Nazi Party were jailed for three years last August in a separate trial.
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