Nationalist newspapers here are assailing films of German atrocities, which are being shown in all theatres, as “Jewish propaganda.” One nationalist newspaper summed up its reaction to the films by declaring: “It is clear that Jewish capitalist war instigators are becoming afraid with the approaching peace, that the peace terms may be too Christian. Therefore the purpose of these films is to incite a tremendous hatred against the Germans.”
At the same time, nationalists, who openly demonstrated their admiration for Nazi Germany all during the war, and who bitterly attacked suggestions that South Africa harbor several hundred Jewish orphans from Europe, are now urging that childless couples adopt German war orphans, and are asking funds for German relief.
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