A conference of representatives of Jews now living in Germany today adopted a resolution a resolution recognizing the priority of collective Jewish claims against Germany, particularly the claims of the State of Israel, over that of individual claims for reparations or restitution of Nazi wrongs against the Jews.
The concluding session of a two-day conference here of the Central Council of Jews in Germany discussed moral and material reparations from Germany in the light of the statement by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer–endorsed by the West German Parliament–recognizing German responsibility for Nazi crimes and offering to negotiate on the question of restitution and reparations. In reaching its decision the parley also took into consideration the opinions expressed at the New York conference of major Jewish organizations from nine countries on claims against Germany.
Also discussed at the conference here were the recent intensification of neo Nazi activities in Western Germany and activities which the Council could undertake in co-operation with Jewish organizations abroad. The conference registered its strong indignation at a statement by neo-Nazi deputy Franz Richter who called Germans who wanted peace with Israel “traitors.” It also hailed the German workers in the area of Peine who went on strike on November 10 in protest against the desecration of a memorial to victims of the Nazis on the 13th anniversary of “crystal night,” the night of November 9-10, 1938, when the Nazis launched the first of their great pogroms against German Jewry.
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