Mattoth for Passover for East Germany’s 2,5000 Jews will be baked in East Berlin, it was reported here today. The operation has received the approved of the authorities.
The report also revealed that East German Communist authorities have sold copies of Nazi Veit Harlan’s notorious movie, “Jew Suess,” to theatre operators in Near East countries.
The Herzog Film Distributing Company is suing the city of Frankfurt for $436,000 because Mayor Kolb banned the showing of Harlan’s movie, “Immortal Beloved.” The Mayor ordered the film withdrawn from local theatres after several movie show cases were smashed and small-scale riots broke out in protest against the movie.
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