Two British Jewish organizations spoke out strongly today against the stationing of West German panzer units for training in Wales.
The first Jewish-sponsored protest meeting has been called for London on Sept. 7, the day when the troops are scheduled to arrive at Wales. The meeting was called by the Poale Zion organization and will be held in North London, which has a large Jewish population.
The other Jewish organization was the Workmen’s Circle Friendly Society which passed a resolution expressing the “deepest concern” over the troop training program. The resolution, which was sent to the British Home Secretary and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: “As a Jewish organization, many of whose members lost members of their families under the Nazis in concentration camps, we feel the deepest sense of indignation that many who actually participated in the mass murders are free today in Germany. While the West German Government permits this to happen, our members will continue to feel alarmed that Nazi influence will persist. The presence in this country of German troops is an insult to the murdered millions and the British people who fought against Nazism. We urge the Government to reverse its decision”.
The Poade Zion, which has been an affiliate of the British Labor party for 40 years, also announced it would submit a resolution on the troops to the 60th annual conference of the Labor party opening in Blackpool on Oct. 2 under the chairmanship of Richard Crossman.
Meanwhile, criticism was voiced here against Sir Barnett Janner, Member of Parliament and president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, for not having joined the MPs who voted in Commons against the Government in the debate held in connection with the proposal to train West German troops in Wales.
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