The World - News from Jan. 23, 1989
East German Secretary of State for Religious Affairs Kurt Loeffler will visit Israel next week, Israeli officials said. Communist East Germany has never had diplomatic relations with Israel and until recently refused to accept any historical responsibility for the crimes of Nazi Germany. Loeffler is the most senior East Berlin official to visit the Jewish state. Israeli officials said they are not aware of plans to discuss East German reparations for the victims of Nazism, although East German leader Erich Honecker last year offered to pay compensation after talks with officials of the World Jewish Congress.
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