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German police end neo-Nazi concert after violence, injuries
ABC News ^ | Oct 7, 2017 | AP Berlin

Posted on 10/08/2018 12:56:00 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

German police have ended a far-right concert early after eight officers were slightly injured by neo-Nazis throwing bottles and rocks at them.

The German news agency dpa reported Sunday that some 800 neo-Nazis attended the concert late Saturday in the eastern German town of Apolda, while around 500 people came for a counter-protest holding vigils and attending a late-night church service.

Police officers had to use pepper spray and batons when some neo-Nazis tried to break through police barriers.

The eastern state of Thuringia has long been a center for neo-Nazi concerts. Efforts to ban the concert didn't succeed because the concert's organizers simply moved to another venue after they were blocked from using their initial site.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Germany
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; europe; neonazis

1 posted on 10/08/2018 12:56:00 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I wonder what the real story is.


2 posted on 10/08/2018 12:58:45 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Were these people really Neo-Nazis? Like swastikas and “Hitler Did Nothing Wrong” T-shirts and tiki torches or what? The press says Neo-Nazi for everything.


3 posted on 10/08/2018 12:59:07 PM PDT by squarebarb ( Fairy tales are basically true.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Springtime For Hitler ?


4 posted on 10/08/2018 1:10:06 PM PDT by stylin19a ( Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

They probably opposed socialism or something, making them “Nazis”.


5 posted on 10/08/2018 1:18:28 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Nazis are LEFT-wingers, not right.


6 posted on 10/08/2018 1:26:50 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Jeff Chandler
Im not claiming to actually know...

Ive read interviews and lyrics. The band and its message can be summed up as:

1.All you brown skins need to get off of welfare and stop using up our resources, this is our country.

2.Europe is for Europeans, one culture, the rest of you stop corrupting our culture.

3. We arent Nazis because we dont like Hitler because he was abusive.

Antifa now makes a point of targeting them.

The notoriety and rioting is part of the fun on both sides.

7 posted on 10/08/2018 2:48:31 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Apolda is in East Germany, which missed out on the post-WWII Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle) under Chancellors Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhardt that West Germans enjoyed, so nostalgia for "the good old days" of Hitler may contribute to neo-Nazi sentiment in the region.
8 posted on 10/08/2018 3:13:40 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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