Jewish newspapers called on the South African Government today to show more determination in combatting Nazi activities, which were held to be not only a threat to the safety of the Jews, but a serious menace to the whole State.
Expressing alarm over extension of Nazi influence, Jewish circles voiced the belief it was no mere coincidence that ill-feeling against the Jewish community was most rampant where Nazi organizations were most active.
For a considerable time, it was stated, all sorts of publications directed mainly against the Jews have been entering South Africa. They are issued by the Deutsche Fichte- bund of Hamburg and other German sources. The publications have been taken over by the Greyshirts, Blackshirt and similar Fascist-inclined bodies, which give them publicity in numerous journals and publications.
Ramifications of Nazi activities in South Africa are described by The Star, which states that South African branches of the Nazi Party operate regularly in numerous centers, and that Nazi doctrines are carefully inculcated into German youth in South Africa, with the result that the Nazis “weld the Germans into an efficient and constantly perfected organization covering the whole of Africa which will be used for the purposes decided by headquarters in Berlin.”
The Cape Argus declares that Nazi propaganda has created an “official German State body within South Africa, a Nazi branch which is part of the German State, receiving orders from Berlin and exacting compliance from its members.”
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