The DAIA expressed great satisfaction with the government’s decree banning the distribution, circulation and sale of all publications of Ediciones Odal, the leading disseminator of Nazi and anti-Semitic literature in Argentina.
The decree, No. 258, was promulgated in January but published in the Official Gazette on March 3. Dr. Nehemias Resnizky, president of the DAIA, said at its plenary meeting that the new ruling has established a legal precedent and was stronger than last September’s ban on the pro-Nazi publishing house. Editorial Milicia. Odal was, in fact, the successor to Editorial Milicia. Resnizky said the wording of the latest decree will enable it to be extended to similar future attempts to publish anti-Semitic and Nazi literature.
Resnizky said three factors were responsible for the government’s action. First, he said, was the tenacious activity of the DAIA which made clear the concerns of the Jewish community to high government officials. Secondly, the DAIA’s position was widely supported in the country, particularly by the press; and finally, Resnizky said; the Argentine government became aware that this kind of literature hurt the higher interests of the nation.
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