Students of Tel Aviv University picketed the West German Embassy here today in protest against the electoral gains of West Germany’s extremist National Democratic Party in the Bavarian election Sunday. They carried banners with such slogans as “Remember 1933,” and “We Came Looking for Another Germany,” and “The Neo-Nazis Got Seven Percent — Hitler Started With Even Less.”
Strong police forces were rushed to the Embassy building to prevent students from entering. After the police were told that the students intended only “quiet picketing,” they were allowed to stand opposite the Embassy building. Embassy staff members were seen taking films of the young pickets.
Police also were called last night to Kiryat Bialik, near Haifa, to disperse groups of youths protesting against West Germany and the “resurgence of neo-Nazism” there. The protesting pickets gathered at the local Council hall where a councillor was reporting on a recent visit to West Berlin. The councillor said a West Berlin borough had suggested arrangements for a “sister-city” relationship with Kiryat Bialik and that he had been given 10,000 marks ($400) for promotion of the idea here. The councilor was criticized for acting in the matter by his fellow councillors.
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