The current issue of “The German Tribune, ” an English-language publication printed in Hamburg, featured an interview in Israel in which Premier Levi Eshkol declared that the current generation of German youth could not be held responsible for the crimes of the Nazis. The publication is a propaganda organ disseminating news and views favorable to the West German regime.
The Premier made the statement in an interview in a newly-formed newspaper in Israel, established by the alignment of his Mapai Party with the Achdut Avodah.
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