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INFORMATION ISSUED by the Assoclamn of JEWSH REFUGEES in GREAT BRITAIN Volume XXIX No. 8 August, 1974 INFORMATION ISSUED BY THE ASSOClAmN OF JEWSH REFUGEES IN GREAT BRITAIN Hans Jaeger man but went on hammering at his reputa­ tion until the "Brandt myth" was pounded into the mud. The aflfair was magnified by those who, for a long time, had been striv­ ing to discredit Brandt's policies and to bring ASSESSMENT OF THE GERMAN SCENERY him down. Vengeful forces had accumulated dossiers; it was a sort of Watergate in re­ verse. After the resignation, there were cele­ What happened in the Federal Republic in to state already in March, that he would not brations even in several rooms of his own May, 1974, cannot be compared with just a tolerate any unwarranted re-distribution of Chancellery. change of government. Technically, it was portfolios. He had even threatened then to even less than that, because the former coali­ resign but was urged to stay. All this indicated After Brandt's Resignation tion went on, though with considerable changes that the Chancellor was on edge, but most of ministers. Yet what mattered and made people disregarded the symptoms. It is thus understandable that his decision all the diflerence was the atmospherical situa­ Last but not least, there was disappointment was irreversible. He was fed up with the tion, the background, the suddenness of the about the results of Ostpolitik. The opposition way in which responsibility was shifted. Be­ event (in spite of a number of indications), had grossly exaggerated the discrepancy be­ sides, he wanted to set an example how to the contrast between steep ascent and precipi­ tween expectations and achievements and behave after failure, and this mixture of tate downfall, the co-incidence of extra-parlia­ many people did not find an equilibrium be­ grandeur and humility is impressive. This mentary factors, the creation of a completely tween euphoria and alarmism. The opposition time the workers who had come out two new political climate. All this was even more was not unanimous in its attitude. Some did years ago to save him could do little for noticeable as it coincided with changes in not differ very much from the coalition parties. him. His star was waning. Some followers various other European countries. Others suggested making the best of it and had attacked the indecisiveness of his leader­ The shock would have been less had Willy to test the treaties with the East. Others again ship. There were other things which might Brandt not been placed on a high pedestal. merely bore a grudge fhat they had lost the even remain in the dark: people trying to That had happened in Germany as well as initiative and could not take credit for the force his hand, whispering campaigns and abroad, though it would be very illuminating treaties. It was not without reason that, after the dirty attempt too ridiculous for words— to analyse how far the motives and expecta­ a fervent campaign, the CDU leader suddenly to find a scapegoat in the person of the tions were identical or diflerent. Yet while recommended abstention from voting, in order President of the Federal Office for the Pro­ his charisma was gradually fading at home, to maintain the unity of the party. tection of the Constitution, Guenter Nollau. this was not the case outside Germany, and On the other hand some stagnation in the All these events had discouraged Brandt this discrepancy created another shock. Some negotiations with East Germany, disappoint­ tremendously. He was too sensitive and not people in Germany were afraid that the world ments in various technical details, and the hard enough. He suffered heavily under might not understand the sudden change and unchanged polemical language of the GDR indications of disloyalty. Though in some way conclude from it that the Germans still could (which was a prisoner of its former propa­ the greatest leader the SPD ever had, he not be relied upon and seemed to fall from ganda and, therefore, faced with a dilemma) was no leader of men, with his tendency to one extreme to the other, unable to keep a had the effect that the opposition became cyclical depressions and with his strong proper balance. Such misgivings are, however, vociferous again. The Bavarian CSU, under credulity. Following a vision, he concentrated unfounded, because by no means all Germans Strauss, took the lead, threatening to extend on foreign policy only, but reforms at home had changed. Neither had they all been in the party over the whole Federal area, and were postponed. favour of Brandt in 1972, nor had all of them now even quite a few original adherents of Though all this does not necessarily mean deserted him now. If one refers to the sudden the Ostpolitik became impressed by the that Brandt will never make a comeback, at change of mind of some of his former fol­ counter-arguments. Propaganda reached such present the outlook is rather gloomy. He lowers, one has, in fairness, also to register a frenzy, almost separated from reality, that remained party chairman, and, when going those workers and those youngsters, who allegations of a "sell-out", a sinister betrayal, back to Berlin where he had been so success­ implored Brandt to stay in office and not to a shift towards the East and a prospect of ful for years, he regained his former dynam­ leave them. Germany's Bolshevisation revived the memory ism. Is his story still an unfinished book, Actually, the resignation was the result of of demogogic propaganda slogans heard in or will it remain a fragment? Some people a process which had been going on for some the 'twenties and early 'thirties. remarked that if Brandt had agreed to be­ time, and the Guillaume case, that unpleasant This dissatisfaction resulted in losses, both come Federal President after Heinemann's affair, was neither a "pretext" for it nor its in the diet elections in Hamburg and in the term, many things would look different. only reason; it was merely the last straw. municipal elections in Schleswig-Holstein and What is the outlook now? Even if one There were many factors which had contrib­ Rhineland-Palatinate. All these regions had approaches the situation as unbiased as uted to Brandt's decision: Inflation, though an been old strongholds and it was no comfort possible and reserves one's judgement, one international phenomenon, particularly afTee- that, to some extent, the reasons for the set­ thing is quite clear: The era Schmidt-Genscher, ted the nerves of the Germans, and the oppo­ backs were also of a more local nature. with Scheel as President, will be quite differ­ sition exploited it for their purpose. It was When the unsavoury Guillaume case hap­ ent from the era Brandt-Scheel, with Heine­ only cold comfort that other countries were pened, Brandt was near breaking point any­ mann as President. The new Chancellor, worse off. The Chancellor was perturbed that way. Much guesswork has been made about Helmut Schmidt, is a man of the right wing his appeals to the trade unions to keep de­ whether on Moscow's order or (more likely) of the SPD. This does not necessarily endear mands within certain limits remained with Moscow's consent, East Berlin wanted to him to the CDU for which it might mean unheeded. Warnings to the Left-wingers, the boycott the treaty in this way, or whether the a new form of competition. Furthermore, as Young Socialists, not to undermine the base, GDR incurred Moscow's blame for a blunder a right-winger, he will have difficulties in because it would jeopardise the coalition and which amounted to sabotage. Such specula­ mediating between the two wings of the Party. destroy the chances for the next election did tions divert from the issue. One could not It might result in fewer concessions to the not meet with the same response as before. expect that the second oldest trade in the Young Socialists, though the first days rather This happened in a situation which was deli­ world would come to an end after conclusion looked like a truce. Guenter Grass said cate anyway, because Scheel, the Foreign of a treaty, though the circumstances of the Schmidt would not be able to close the ranks Minister, Vice-Chancellor and FDP chairman, incident were extraordinary. Be that as it of the SPD; only Brandt had been able to Was to Isecome Federal President and to be may, it is quite sufficient to look at the do that. The announcement that the party replaced by the Federal Minister of Interior, scene inside the Federal Republic. Brandt's members would have to "adjust their ideas" Genscher. Other tensions had caused Brandt enemies were showing no mercy to a fallen Continued on page Z, column 1 Page 2 AJR INFORMATION August, 1974 ERHOEHUNG VON RENTEN ASSESSMENT OF THE GERMAN SCENERY Die deutschen Sozialversicherungsrenten sind mit Wirkung vom 1. Juli 1974 um etwa Continued from page 1 11% erhoeht worden. Erhoehungen der nach dem Bundes­ entschaedigungsgesetz zahlbaren Renten ("umlernen") caused some frowns and con­ pension rights—for the veterans of theWaffen rueckwirkend vom 1. Januar 1974 sind in cern. The nickname "Iron Chancellor" is SS. Many people see in him a disciplinarian Vorbereitung. Der Regierungsentwurf der significant. And this was less resented! too much concerned with the State's authority neuen Ausfuehrungsverordnungen liegt Observers said that the middle-class voter and too 1 ttie with social reform. bereits vor, jedoch wird sich deren might prefer Schmidt to Brandt, but that he It is true, in a kind of cold-hot treatment, Veroefifentlichung noch laengere Zeit is less at home on the factory floor.
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