Neo-Nazis, Foes Clash in Germany
Clad in paratrooper boots and bomber jackets, 5,000 neo-Nazis marched through Munich on Saturday, facing off against thousands who protested the fascist display in the city where Hitler began his rise to power.
The parade by skinheads and a number of World War II veterans--to protest a new art exhibit implicating Hitler’s regular armed forces in wartime atrocities--was one of the largest public gatherings of his German followers in years.
Neo-Nazis taunted protesters with obscene gestures and were pelted with stones, eggs, rotten fruit and an occasional glass bottle.
“Nazis get lost!” yelled some of the 10,000 protesters who lined downtown streets.
About 1,000 police in riot gear moved in to keep the two sides apart. Two policemen were injured by stones hurled at the rightists.
At least 47 people were arrested, most of them neo-Nazis carrying banned Nazi symbols.
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