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(22 Apr 1978) notes: col print location: near bonn, west germany title: anti - panzer - demo serviced date: 04/23/78 no: lnc 92547 date shot: 04/22/78 length: 40 ft seconds: 1.04 sound: natural date of arrival: film shows: former members of the german nazi ss tank corps arriving for reunion and left-wing anti-nazi demonstrators protesting outside building. lead in: the government of bonn in west germany has announced that it will step up its campaign against the spread of records and publications with nazi propaganda material. last month, the west german justice minister, mr vogel, called for increased vigilance against right-wing and former nazi organisations. in west germany there are at least fifteen known militant right-wing organisations, with a total estimated membership of between six hundred and one thousand. other less militant right-wing organisations have recently appeared to have lost support in west germany. however, the neo-nazis have actually succeeded in recruiting a growing band of active helpers, and their activities are causing growing concern to the west german authorities. feet r/secs 3 0.05 gv restaurant 7 0.11 cu sign on restaurant door. 10 0.16 gv demonstrators outside restaurant 16 0.26 ms demonstrators carrying anti nazi banners 20 0.32 ms demonstrators chanting anti-nazi slogans 24 0.38 gv pan demonstrators 28 0.45 ms marchers carrying banners 31 0.50 mcu banner 33 0.53 cu anti nazi banner 37 0.59 cu anti-nazi banner 40 1.04 commentary: down sound on saturday (22 april) a group of former members of the german nazi ss tank corps came to this restaurant near bonn for a reunion. there has recently been a growing revival of such reunions throughout west germany. up sound down sound however, the revival has been met with opposition from left-wing anti nazi groups. organisations such as the association of people persecuted under the nazi regime, known as the vvn, have staged demonstrations wherever the former nazis meet. at other meetings there have been clashes between such left-wing organisations and right- wing groups who support the former nazi members. up sound down sound one of the most militant of the right- wing organisations is the frankfurt based kampfbund deutscher scldaten. this group of ex-german soldiers achieved notoriety after the israeli raid on entebbe in june 1976, when it announced that it had bestowed honorary membership on what it termed, "the murdered ugandan soldiers who were the victims of zionist crimes." up sound down sound a number of right-wing groups threatened to stage a counter demonstration here in bonn but they were banned by the bonn authorities. up sound to end of film Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...