Austrian Justice Minister Christian Broda reported this weekend that the draft of a new Austrian penal law contains regulations against instigation to violence. He said effective measures against anti-Austrian, anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi activities were absolutely necessary.
Mr. Broda’s announcement came as more and more evidence has accumulated here in the last week that anti-Semitic propaganda has become a staple in the effort of Franz Olah, former Socialist Minister of the Interior, to be elected on his own Democratic Progressive ticket in the general elections to be held in Austria March 6.
Olah campaign material, circulated largely in southern Austria, is aimed primarily against Foreign Minister Bruno Kreisky, Mr. Broda himself and Vice-Chancellor Pittermann. Anti-Socialist pamphlets refer to the three as “the Jews,” although the only one among them known to be a Jew is Mr. Kreisky. The pamphlets accuse Mr. Pittermann and Mr. Kreisky of having accumulated funds in preparation for emigration abroad, where they allegedly have links with “international Jewry.” Mr. Kreisky had taken refuge from Hitler persecution in Sweden during World War II.
Mr. Olah elicited wide approval from evident anti-Semites during a campaign rally in the large hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus, last week, when he attacked the Socialist and Government leaders as Jews.
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