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llons of Soldiers of the Former
Waffen-SS) can be listed as an of-
lal Organization. The bureau of
fhe SS-division “Wiking” is”lo-
fated in Koln-Riehl and that of
SS-division ‘‘Nordland” in
Eschweiler-Aachen.

j50 NEO-NAZI ORGANIZATIONS

Ss total of 150 neo-nazi organi-
1ons today work together with
th-conservative forces in the

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Neo-Nazism expands rapidly.
Me examples:

Ss The Spiegel last summer ran

child contest of 3,000 school-

€n in which the main theme.
ee Hitler’s role as an_anti-
oMmunist.

jf * The Hamburg _ news-

Magazine Der Spiegel ran a cover
Cture for its main story which
Ws Hitler as a jigsaw puzzle
T children. -

f* The Hamburg _ Stern

Doset he publishes the diaries of

a Goebbles and other papers
Penly advertise neo-nazi books.

‘ ne This year’s Frankfurt book

FXhibit displayed a huge amount

f° A Ne€o-nazi books including,

) Adolph Hitler and His Movement

Party Leader’’,. ‘‘Adolph
¥ and the Third Reich — The
an’ and ‘‘Adolph Hitler

d the War — The Military
le ler. Others contained col-
Ctions of ‘‘Music in the

_ Waffen-SS” and military awards

given to various divisions. Re-
cordings were available called,
“Songs We Once Sang’’ per-
formed by a choir of former SS"
soldiers. 5

e Films are widely shown. The
movie ‘‘Hitler — A Career” is a
smash hit. Some 500,000 people
saw it in its first few weeks. The
Federal Film Board of the FRG
rated it “‘Highly Commendable’.

e The neo-Nazi National
Democratic Party (NDP) openly
advertises its meetings with such
slogans as ‘‘Fight the Red Crimi-
nals” and police guard its meet-
ings following a federal court rul-
ing that the NDP has a “‘constitu-
tional right to freedom of opin-
ion’’. The neo-Nazi group
NSDAP in Hamburg issues a
poster: ‘‘Lift the Ban on National
Socialism! Out With Communists
in Hamburg! Germany Awake!”

e Nazi ‘“‘combat groups” are
active raiding premises, defacing
monuments and graves; Nazi un-
iforms, busts of Hitler, medals
commemorating Nazi military
leaders are openly on sale
everywhere.

* * * :

The German writer Luise
Rinser who actively fought
Nazism during World War Two

‘ and was sentenced to death by a

Nazi ‘‘People’s Court’’ in 1944
today lives in Rome. Commenting

on the resurgence of Nazism,
Rinser said, ‘‘I very consciously
watched National Socialism grow
when I was a student, and there
are parallel symptoms .:.””
MORE ABOUT THE ‘GREATER
REICH’ ;
Only a few rightwing kooks?
Just the old remnants of Hitler’s

. divisions?

Not so. The Christian Social
Union published its ‘‘Political
Statement on Principles Concern-
ing Germany”’ this February. In it
they say, “‘German statehood is
that of the German Reich. Con-
trary to a transparent propaganda
campaign, this Reich has sur-
vived the collapse of 1945 and still
exists ...””

This message of a ‘‘Greater
Reich’’ was given by the CSU and

the Christian Democratic Union -

(CDU) to the FRG Parliament in
March 1978; their press abounds
in. it and high-capacity trans-
mitters broadcast it abroad.
British Television (BBC) on
Feb. 25, 1978 broadcast a 50-
minute program called “A Blind
Eye to Murder’ in which -it
showed that some 200,000 Nazi
war criminals in the FRG have not
been prosecuted or investigated.
Many hold high government posts

as well as local office.
* * *

- It’s this, link between openly
neo-Nazi groups and “‘respecta-

: Hans Posegga

Photo — Panorama GDR

Young West Germans at a movie theatre showing the film “Hitier—A

gne Produktion dks
eterect

Career”. Some half-million people saw the film In the first few weeks. itis
but a part of the revival of fascism going on some 33 years after World

War Two.

ble’ forces that prompted Soviet
writer Vladimir Yermakov, in
his article, ‘‘Nazism has Two
Faces’’, to point out the connec-
tion between neo-fascist groups
and NATO in Europe — the

- later being used as a bulwark

against ‘“‘the threat of the left’’,
armed and directed by the CIA and
local intelligence agencies.

“This is only part of the
strategy,’’ writes Yermakov.
‘* Another is the part played by the

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The first in a series of ceremonies honoi
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was held in Oswie
new, permanent exhibit was opened at the Je
Oswiecim, the former Nazi death camp of Auschw

‘The Martyrdom and Struggle of the Jews in Ew

Present at the ceremonies were members
Socio-Cultural Society of Jews in Poland, Polish war °
Auschwitz Committee, the World Jewish Congress and
organizations including representatives from Canada.

Janusz Wieczorek, chairman of Poland’s Council for
to Resistance and Martyrdom, stressed that Poland’s
1940 on had provided the West with detailed information on the
campaign against the Jews, but ‘“‘the only reply was declaratior
and ‘sympathy,’ as well as assurances that the Nazi r

Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jer
government for establishing the Auschwitz exh » Je
resistance. He voiced his respect for the Polish nation, which's

war, and emphasized that people should spare
om for all of humanity. .

Stefan Grajek of Israel, chairman of the Wor
Guerillas and Concentration Camp Inmates, s
remember the deeds of those Poles who risked
during the Nazi occupation.” He also spoke of the need to
revive fascism and anti-Semitism. |
: Szymon Szurmiej, member of the Society of J

‘is a symbol of the internationalist solidarity of

The ceremonies were preceded by the laying of wre aths and flowers at e 1

years ago.

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Execution Wall in Auschwitz, at the Internati
Soviet Military Cemetery for those who died li

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‘human rights’ campaign. I recall
a speech by Almirante (Italian
fascist leader) who said his ‘New
Force’ party stood for ‘fréedom
of thought, press and opinion — a
multi-party and multi-labor sys-
tem ...’ All this demagogy is to
attract the moderates who are
displeased with hired gangsters.

‘‘The promise, however, of
‘observing the rules of the dem-
ocratic parliamentary game’ —
without communists, naturally,
— are certainly attractive to
them, to those who may dislike
fascism in its pure form, its vio-
lence and yearning for concentra-
tion camps...”

That’s why, while there may be
little open sympathy for neo-Nazi
groups in some circles, there is
plenty of backing for anti-labor,
anti-communist, anti-Soviet ac-
tivities. That is why papers like
the Toronto Sun are able to ex-
pose a person like Ernst Zundel,
yet preach the anti-labor and
anti-communist message with
such fury at the same time.

Who would dare call the RCMP
a Nazi organization? But they
work with groups like the West-
ern Guard and finance their mem-
bers. This evidence surfaces in
open court and yet no action
taken against the police.

That is why the state machin-
ery, the press and other media at-

tempt to liken fascism to com- -

munism (‘‘They both have a right
to speak. ...’) and engage in a
massive campaign to vilify and
slander the socialist world and
Communist Parties.

In this effort, the direct and in-
direct backing of neo-fascist and
ultra-conservative groups by the
‘‘respectable’’ anti-communist
forces is important — a sort of
shock brigade that can be un-
leashed if needed on the growing
left. forces.

For Canadians, the recurring
emergence of neo-Nazi groups,
whether it be under the title
Western Guard, Nationalist Party
or whatever, is a warning signal
that the capitalist state has no.
scruples about who it employs
when it comes to defending its
privileged position. It is also a
challenge, 33 years after the de-
feat of Hitler fascism in Europe,
to step up the struggle.

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