A resolution sharply calling the attention of the world to the recent “radicalization of the extremist nationalist movement” in West Germany was adopted here today by the governing council of the World Jewish Congress.
The council concluded today its two-day session, here, after hearing reports about neo-Nazism in West Germany, the failure of Austrian courts to deal sharply with war criminals, and the actions taken in this city during the current session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
“Since it last discussed the problem of a revival of Nazism in Germany,” the resolutions stated, “the governing council of the WJC has taken note with concern evidence of the radicalization of the extreme nationalist movement in Germany. Small as this movement is, its capacity for mischief should not be under-rated, especially as a factor in holding up the normalization of international relations.”
Earlier, the council discussed the situation of Soviet Jewry after a report on that topic by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the WJC. Reports on the new attitude on the part of Roman Catholic bodies as a result of the Catholic Church decree calling for improved relations between Catholics and Jews were given by Dr. G.M. Riegner, secretary-general of the WJC and Fritz Becker, director of the World Congress in Rome. Dr. Maurice L. Perlzweig reported on the current session here of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
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