European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday november 26, 1992 i crisis in Europe the stars and stripes Page 9across Europe foreigners find cause to worry by Mort Rosen Blum a special correspondent dragu1gnan, France a at the Hole in the Wall four i cafe visitors asked a Young algerian named Momo about racism. A look anywhere a he said nervously and scurried to the Kitchen. Beyond anti foreigner violence in Germany immigrants across Europe see growing racism based on social and economic fears so virulent that Many victims refuse to talk about it. People have been mailed Little wooden coffins the extreme rights warning to uppity outsiders in this Small Provencal City and elsewhere in France. Beyond an affirmative nod Momo was taking no chances. A. A racism is one of Europe a most serious problems and it is worsening a said president Mario Soares of Portugal interviewed in France at a seminar on nazi crimes against jews and gypsies. Leaders worry that extreme right Wing political movements Are recruiting disaffected youths exploiting hard times at Home and a rising tide of desperate people who clamor at National Borders. \ the worst outbreaks so far Are in the depressed port of Rostock and other German cities where skinhead assaults evoke memories of hatred that turned to genocide. But in Placid places like a Raguinan off the freeway Between Marseille and Nice sizable minorities feel the effect. Despite occasional beatings pressure is mostly psychological. Handsome old stonework is scrawled with slogans such As a arabs out and a ale pen the second message refers to Jean Marie be pen whose hard right National front polls up to 30 percent in local elections. A it happens daily in a thousand ways a said Gerard Kieff a Young banker who works with the Volunteer group sos racism. A people done to speak out for fear of when assured of anonymity speaking to strangers who have been introduced North africans Tell of harassment insults and occasional violence. Otherwise facial expressions Tell the Story. At an Arab grocery under a medieval Church Tower a reporter asked about racism. A no problem a the proprietor said glancing repeatedly at the front door until the subject of the conversation changed. In much of Southern France North africans live alongside a a pies Moirs a frenchmen forced to leave Algeria in the 1960s. Sometimes the two blend Well. Often there is bitterness. A you can see Why this is a Bridgehead of racism a Kieff said a but the phenomenon happens everywhere. People Are afraid for their jobs their future and they need someone else to even in Sweden viewed As a bastion of tolerance bombs have been set off outside refugee centers to frighten the youths in Berlin get ready to fight Back by Mark Fritz the associated press Berlin a the last place a skinhead would want to get a Flat tire is Kreuzberg the heart of the City a simmering turkish Community and the nation s violent leftist scene. Quot after mondays arson deaths of three turks and fridays subway stabbings of three leftists the word in Kreuzberg is a ten germans for every Turk a said an 18-year-old member of boys 36, a turkish Street gang that teamed with leftists monday night in a Rock throwing Melee against police. The youth who strongly resisted requests that he give his name flicked out a Blue handled switchblade and playfully poked the Chest of his Friend s Chicago bulls jacket. A the skinheads Are afraid of us a he said. Cooler Heads in the turkish Community Hope it does no to come to that. But there is a feeling that Neo nazi violence in Germany is influencing Public policy and that it is time to fight firebomb with firebomb. A everyone is angry Quot said Irfan Kirgin an official of berlins turkish parents association. A it is difficult not to Kirgin said the Federal governments efforts to Stop the record flow of foreign refugees into the country Only encourages rightists to believe their attacks Are accomplishing something. A i think Many people feel the other Side should also respond with violence a Kirgin said. Quot but this escalation will bring us nothing Only More than two years of steadily escalating attacks on foreigners reached a Crescendo monday when an arson attack in the West German City of Molln killed a 51-year-old turkish grandmother and two attack came three Days after rightists knifed three members of a leftist squatters commune in an East Berlin subway station. One of them died. A 17-Ycar-old turned himself in tuesday because according to police a the sleep the killings have triggered a wave of counter demonstrations Sohie of them violent including the Kreuzberg disturbance. The Kreuzberg District is the scene of frequent violent protests by anarchists who live communally in garishly painted apartment buildings and advocate the dissolution of Germany. Kreuzberg remains Germany ship Bohemian District a pastiche of ethnic eateries Art houses counterculture clothing shops and bars. Though it is a Magnet for both polemicist and poseurs its heart remains turkish the Center of life for berlins 140,000 turks. On Oranie Strasse across from Franks billiards stands the bord Erless cafe a meeting place for third world immigrants and Headquarters for the third world action and education Center. Center coordinator Wahid wahdat Hagh a German citizen of iranian extraction said he feels the recent slayings have upped the Ante. A it makes an explosive situation worse a he said. A there is a violent counter movement growing among the one person who understands this is Mahoma Mwau Gulu 60, who was once a political prisoner from the Southeastern african country of Malawi. He was a child on tuesday puts Flowers in front of the House in Molln Germany where three turks were killed. Granted Asylum in East Germany in 1%7, then in West Germany nine years later alter he was expelled for criticizing the government. East Germany a made it a crime to even be a racist Quot said Mwau Gulu who said he lost his front Teeth in a recent skinhead beating. Quot when the communists went away so did that Law a he said. A in West Germany i done to know. I think the government has always tolerated Mwau Gulu is director of the Umoja swahili for a a Unity Center an association of German africans. In his 25 years in Berlin he said he has never Felt so unwanted. A a the problem is broader than skinheads. There is less tolerance among Normal germans a he said. And there is less patience among foreigners especially boys in boys 36, which takes its name from Kreuzberg a zip code. The 18-year-old with the knife said he was born and raised in Kreuzberg and barely Speaks the turkish spoken by his parents who came to Germany As guest workers in 1965. He criticized turks who done to believe in an Eye for Eye response to rightist violence. A that could have been my family a he said referring to the turkish deaths monday. A we can do the same things the skinheads raise concern Over anti jewish sentiment Stockholm Sweden a prime minister Carl Bildt and the Leader of Sweden a largest opposition party visited a vandalized jewish cemetery in Stockholm on wednesday. Meantime police said a second cemetery was attacked tuesday night. Quot it is a new kind of nationalism with dangerous precedents that is on the March in Europe a said Ingvar Carlsson former prime minister and Leader of the social democrats. A it was underestimated in Europe during the �?T20s and �?T30s. We should not make the same Salomo Berlinger chairman of Stockholm a jewish congregation said the attacks Are linked to an announcement by a convicted racist that an Quot anti zionist world Congress will be held in the swedish capital this weekend. A the Days leading up to this anti zionist Congress Are very risky for All jewish institutions in our View Quot Berlinger said. Berlinger said jews in Stockholm were upset by the attacks. A it brings Back memories. Many Call in and cry a he said. Berlinger prominent politicians and groups such As the Simon Wiesenthal Center in the United states have asked the government to ban the Quot anti zionist Congress and Prohic any delegates from entering the Cou a by Ahmed Rahmi who \ is sentenced to six months in jail for violating Sweden a anti racism Law with anti semitic radio broadcasts said he has United 315 delegates to the Congress at a secret location. A Rahmi a moroccan immigrant who runs a station called radio islam in Sweden has said the invited delegates include British historian David Irving who was recently expelled from Canada and Fred the United states. Irving maintains that the nazi holocaust was exaggerated. Robert Faur Isson a Frenchman who has said the holocaust never occurred was quoted As saying he will attend the meeting. A a in la be there. I done to care if a Hundred politicians object a Faur Isson was quoted As telling the swedish news Agency it in an interview tuesday night at his Home in Vichy France. He would not comment on t he night vandalism in which 52 gravestones were overturned at the Stockholm cemetery and swastikas painted on several of them. Police said that overnight tuesday vandals struck a cemetery in Sola South of Stockholm knocking Over 92 gravestones and breaking some. Before visiting the cemetery Bildt opened a parliamentary debate on the Economy by condemning the attacks. Quot it is a violation against All traditions and the humanity which All of us in this chamber share no matter our political differences a the prime minister said. He has not commented on the requests by Carlsson and others for the government to take action against the anti zionist Congress
