European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cover Story facing the nazi ghost from the cover seeking Asylum 2,033. Most of the attackers were under the age of 21. Only 2 percent of the attackers were older than 30. A a we considered the nationalists a minor Bunch of loonies a fringe group a Schuler said. A but recent developments Are absolutely disgusting. A lot of people Are talking emigration. The newest catch phrase is see you nest year in casablanca.1 a Safe americans the american forces in Germany done to foresee Many attacks on their personnel. Jim Boyle a Usa eur spokesman in Heidet Berg said Headquarters knew of Only two brushes with German skinheads. Quot on aug. I 1991, a Black american Soldier walking with his German Girlfriend in Potsdam was approached by a group of skinheads Boyle said. A when she told them he was an american they were left alone. / a in May last year an american doctor asking i a actions in the Berlin subway was grabbed by skinheads who put a sticker on him that said a foreigners f it out. A Boyle said Usa eur issued an advisory in de Cembor about the anti racist demonstrations in Germany. Quot the advisory was aimed mainly at dependents coming Back from the states to spend Christmas hoi Days with their parents. We wanted them to be aware that violence could arise at these demonstrations a Boyle said. A spokesman at Safe said the air Force has not issued any kind of advisory to its troops on this matter. T Gerald Wood a former g1 stationed in Berlin where he edited a unit newspaper is a spokesman for the state parliament of Brandenburg in Potsdam. Woods advice to gis a Fuyou Are Black yellow or Brown be extra careful. Its much like the states. But i really done to believe it i dangerous to travel in  an inner War statistics from the office for constitutional Security reveal that Brandenburg rates second Only to the state of Mecklenburg Vor Pommert Eastern Germany in the number of right Wing attacks on for signers. Overall statistics show foreigners Are less Likely to fait prey to attacks in Western Germany than in the newer states with one exception the Saarland. After the triple firebombing murder of three turkish women in the Western German town of Molln last year the county a a silent majority took to the streets to protest fascist behaviour. More than i million germans East and West have participated in candlelight demonstrations and vigils against Neo nazism. Nevertheless Germany s friends allies and neighbors Are beginning to ask whether history is repeating itself a a there a increasing racism and xenophobia All Over the Western world but Germany is a special Case because of its past a Abraham Foxman the american director of the anti defamation league of us Nai brith said during a recent visit to Germany. Neo nazi violence is also beginning to Hurt the country economically and damage its hard earned reputation As a Liberal state. Birgit Breuel chief of the Germany holding company tre hand and Peter Stihl president of the German Industry and Trade Council Point out that Money to revitalize bankrupt Eastern German firms will come mostly from foreigners. Germany a business world registered a Small Shock when the japanese cancelled plans for direct flights from Tokyo to Berlin and switched to Munich be the House in Molln Germany where two women and a 10-year-old girl were killed in a firebombing. Desplat Hadl Theodorou a greek in Diss Oldorf displays n Swastika carved on her by Neo nazis cause of attacks on japanese in Berlin and Eastern Germany. A top japanese businessman in Disseldorf said his countrymen Are less keen on working in Germany because they perceive a real risk for their families some have asked their companies to furnish weapons for self defense he said. Some japanese companies he said Are considering moving their main base in Europe to another country. According to Hans Breitenmoser a spokesman for the Kiln Dossel Dorfer shipping line which operates Tours on the Rhine Mosel Elbe and main Rivers reservations by foreigners have decreased substantially because of attacks on foreigners. Breitenmoser called the cancellations a Clear example of How Germany is perceived abroad. To counter this negative image anti nazi demonstrations have reached enormous proportions. The German soccer league started an anti racist Campaign in december. All 18 teams wore jerseys emblazoned with men rennet is Ein Ausiander or Quot my Friend is a  cities around the country Are organizing anti racist Public relations campaigns that include Rock concerts lectures and posters. Entertainers have spots on television against racism. And German racism is the main topic of almost All the television and radio talk shows # Many political scientists saw the trouble coming. Alfred Mech Mersheimer Heads the think tank peace committee 2000 on Lake Stamberg in the German state of Bavaria. A the Neo nazis have shown How a handful of people can make headlines on the front Page of the new York times a Mech Mersheimer said. He is critical of the German governments response to the violence. A the government went overboard in their tolerance a he said. A they were trying to be what they considered to be democratic. In Paris or London the authorities would have sent in the Federal police to quell anything Sira liar to the riot we had in Hoyer Werda where police battled halfheartedly for four Days with youths attacking a Home for refugees. A Bonn went overboard the other Way not out of any secret sympathy with the rioters but because they were trying to avoid looking authoritarian the German army has not been immune to the March to the right. The German inspector general found 26 cases of German soldiers being involved in attacks on foreigners. Military officials claim that is a Small number considering that 400,000 germans Are in uniform. Mech Mersheimer a former lieutenant colonel in the German army agrees. He claims there is Little sympathy in the German army for anti foreigner sentiments a the officer corps is nato minded. You la find Little understanding for nationalistic thinking there. They look toward the supreme Allied commander for their orders he said a there is some sympathy for nationalism among some of the noncommissioned officers but nothing to worry about. I think we have done so Well in establishing the a citizen in uniform concept in Germany that a lot of people Are begin no to doubt that the German army will fight at All. I believe conscientious objectors increased 29 percent last year Mech Mersheimer said German unification is a problem because people Don t like sharing with for Eigners and the new German citizens from the cast Are almost foreigners. A when has Germany Ever been one people Quot he said a we arc one nation yes but not one people. We re too different. I live in Bavaria and our natural habitat and environment is baroque and Catholic As in Southern Germany Tyrol Austria Etc. The new states Are socially and culturally protestant and prussian Quot much of the problem with Neo nazis and unification is wrongfully blamed on the new states in the Page 4 a sunday january 24, 1993