Neo-Nazi leaders have not been discouraged by the fact that one of them has received a six-month jail sentence for attacking Erich Ollenhauer, non-Jewish head of the Social Democratic Party, as a Jew.
As the Parliamentary election campaign approaches its culmination this Sunday, it has become evident that the neo-Nazis have not given up their attacks against Ollenhauer on an anti-Jewish basis. In Aachen the election posters of the Social Democratic Party were smeared today with the word “Jude” over Ollenhauer’s picture. A six-pointed yellow star–similar in design to the symbol which all Jews were required to wear during the Nazi regime–was also painted across Ollenhauer’s photo.
(In New York, the World Jewish Congress today issued a report stating that “most political parties in West Germany are making an open bid for the votes of ex-Nazis” in this important election. The report, an analysis of trends in the forthcoming vote, reveals that former high-ranking Nazis are included in the lists of candidates of even major German parties.)
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