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World Jewish Congress Protests on Neo-nazism in Austria

April 1, 1966
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The American Section of the World Jewish Congress protested to the Austrian Government today over “recent manifestations of neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic sympathies in Austrian public life, in the courts, in schools of higher education and during the election campaign, ” it was announced by Dr. Max Nussbaum, chairman of the American Section.

The protest was contained in a resolution adopted by the organization, the text of which was sent to Austria’s Ambassador to Washington, Dr. Ernst Lemberger. In acknowledging the communication, Dr. Lemberger said that he had immediately “conveyed the test of the resolution to the competent Austrian authorities in Vienna. “

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