Two members of the Jewish Defense League and a member of the American Nazi Party were arrested here yesterday after a scuffle during a Nazi Party rally supporting the Russian government’s persecution of Soviet Jews, according to Raphael Perl, JDL’s Washington Youth Coordinator. The rally, held by 30 Nazi Party members wearing uniforms, helmets, swastika armbands and carrying a red and white swastika flag, as well as posters reading “white power” and “out with Jews,” was held in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, Perl reported. A group of about two dozen JDL members carrying an Israeli flag stormed the speakers’ platform, knocking over the platform as well as the speaker, Wolfgang Schrodt, 32, a Baltimore truck driver. A fight followed, and Schrodt was arrested along with Perl and George Schannel, 28, a JDL member from Washington. Charged with disorderly conduct, the three posted $10 bail and were freed pending trial on July 28 in (Federal) Superior Court for the District of Columbia, Perl told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Police Department officials could not be reached for immediate comment.
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