No West German government will ever again condone anti-Semitism and it is a group of Arab students that is now a main source of anti-Jewish agitation in West Germany, Jakob Altmaier, a Jewish member of the Bundestag, today told a press conference here.
Altmaier said hundreds of Arab students now enrolled at German universities came to Germany because, for political reasons, they no longer go to Paris or London to study. In Germany, he said, the Arabs spread anti-Jewish propaganda and strive to end the flow of reparations.
Altmaier blamed the United States for clearing and employing ex-Nazis in a belief they were reliable anti-Communists. He claimed that the Federal and local governing bodies in West Germany strongly oppose anti-Semitism. Recent anti-Jewish incidents should not be regarded as typical of the nation, he said. He characterized the German people as desiring a return of Jews to Germany to enrich the country’s cultural life.
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