The second acquittal of Veit Harlan, producer of the anti-Semitic film "Jew Suess," is bringing protests from all sections of German Jewry. The Jews are particularly incensed with the statement of one of the judges who acquitted Harlan, Justice Walter Tyrolf, to the effect that "anti-Semitism is not punishable."
In a May Day speech yesterday, Dr. Theodor Heuss, President of the West German Republic, denounced anti-Semitism as a remnant of Nazi ideology, adding that it is the "duty of every human being to make peace in his heart as well as in his actions with citizens of Jewish origin. Not only the churches must fulfill this," the President said, "the state, its laws, its judges must join in not for political opportunities but as proof that humanity and human dignity are properly esteemed values not mere Sunday talk."
The French Government has appointed Dr. Philip Auerbach, Bavarian Commissioner for Persecutees and head of the tri-zonal provincial restitution organization, an honorary member of the French Resistance Movement. Dr. Auerbach was given the rank of commander.
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