NAMES IN THE NEWS : German Nationalism Fear Cited
The leader of West Germany’s Jewish community, Heinz Galinski, said today that he fears a new rise of German nationalism, especially in East Berlin.
In a speech to Jews in West Berlin reported by the East German state news agency ADN, Galinski also criticized West German firms that sold arms to countries hostile to Israel.
Galinski said he will raise the nationalism issue with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Gangs of neo-Nazi skinheads and left-wing anarchists clashed with police in East Berlin 10 days ago in some of the worst street fighting in the city since the fall of East Germany’s Communist leadership last year.
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