The Deutsche National Zeitung and Soldaten-Zeitung, a German extremist nationalist weekly which was attacked in Parliament here last week as a newspaper “each line of which protrudes poisonous anti-Semitism,” carries in its current issue a long article by an official of the American Council for Judaism, severely attacking the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations and Zionist activities in the United States.
This is the second article by officials of the American Council for Judaism in the German extremist organ which was charged in Parliament with using “the language of the potential murderers of tomorrow.” The first article, written by Rabbi Elmer Berger, executive vice-president of the Council for Judaism, appeared as the leading front-page article in the issue of March 5. The article in the current issue is written by William Gottlieb, the Council’s public relations director.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said today that the Ministry was seeking to determine whether legal action could be taken against the extremist right-wing newspaper, in view of the assertion in Parliament by a Social Democratic Deputy, Dr. Adolf Arndt, that the Deutsche National-Zeitung and Soldaten-Zeitung carries “dishonorable” anti-Semitic propaganda. The spokesman said that the Ministry was “closely scrutinizing” the newspaper each week. The investigation is being conducted by the Chief Prosecutor in Munich.
The charges in Parliament against the newspaper were voiced in connection with the denunciation by the newspaper, in anti-Semitic terms, of the supporters of the proposed extension of the statute of limitations on prosecution of Nazi war criminals. The statement by Dr. Arndt against the extremist newspaper was interrupted by applause three times by members of various political parties. Dr. Eugen Gerstenmaier, Speaker of the House, expressed “the gratitude of the Parliament” to Dr. Arndt for denunciation of the newspaper from the tribune of the Bundestag.
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