Two protests against the rising wave of anti-Semitism have been addressed to the West German Government by German organizations, it was learned here today. The groups, the German Peace Society and the League of Former Political Persecutees, asked that the Bonn Government adopt legislation to halt the anti-Semitic “incidents” which they said menace German democracy as well as German Jewry.
Jewish communities in the American and British zones are planning to protest to the occupation authorities against the Deutsche Presse Agentur–a German news agency founded by the Americans and later turned over to the Germans–which has been circulating anti-Jewish reports. The communities have been compiling a list of false reports and distorted stories about Jews which the D.P.A. has been circulating.
Jewish circles in Germany are questioning the continued forbearance of the Allied authorities in Germany in relation to the constantly mounting number of anti-Jewish developments. It is felt that the frequent appearance of new rightist and anti-Jewish groups in this country can only be dealt with on the highest possible level–by the states occupying Germany.
In the latest attack on a Jewish cemetery by Nazi vandals, the cemetery at Dransfeld was desecrated last night. This time, however, five men were arrested by the police. They had damaged 15 tombstones.
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