Distribution of 2,000,000 copies of a publication of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party was barred today until removal by the party, under pressure, of an article containing a virulent attack on West German indemnity payments to Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime. The article was refuted by the Interior Ministry.
The article appeared in a special issue of the Deutsche Nachrichten which was prepared as a propaganda device for the forthcoming elections in the district of Rhineland-Pfalz. The article asserted that the province had paid reparations amounting to 115 marks ($28) per capita in comparison with a national per capita average of 26 marks ($6.50). The Interior Ministry replied that the Rhineland-Pfalz per capita figure in reparation payments was about 20 marks ($5) and the page carrying the article was removed from all copies before distribution.
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