Dr. Hans Schlange-Schoeningen who was designated by the West German Government as its first Consul-General in the United States, today admitted that he delivered anti-Semitic speechos 26 years ago. However, he donied that he entertains anti-Jewish feelings at precent.
The Consul General, who will now be sent to London instead of Washington, made his statement in reply to charges that he is anti-Semitic in the current issue of the German-Jewish weekly, “Allegemeine Vochenzeitung der Juden in Deutschland.” The paper ?otested his appointment and said that he was an unsuitable person to send abroad as German consul.
In admitting that he did make anti-Semitic speeches in 1924, Dr. Schlang-Schoe?ingen today said that he had later condemned some of these speeches. He also claimed that he had protected a number of Jews during the Nazi regime.
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