The Central Council of Jews in Germany urged the federal government today, in a letter to Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, to act to halt rightwing radical propaganda. The letter denounced the arson attack last week on a building of the Jewish Community Center in West Berlin and warned of the dangers that could come from such propaganda.
“We are of the opinion that the federal government should take measures to stop this, ” the letter stated. Hans Galinski, chairman of the West Berlin Jewish Community, returned from a vacation to Berlin to look into the arson attack and trade unions in West Berlin joined in condemning the incident. The building was not seriously damaged.
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