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Germany facilitates citizenship for families that fled Nazi regime

Germany said it will make naturalisation easier for some people, including Jews, who fled the Nazi regime because of persecution.

AfD candidate admits attempting neo-Nazi rally in Greece

Leading German far-right figure Andreas Kalbitz admitted to participating in a 2007 commemorative rally organised in Greece by the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party.

German football club condemns fans’ antisemitic abuse

German club Chemnitzer FC has criticised their fans for antisemitic and racist abuse during a third-division game against Bayern Munich's second team.

“Swastika” ride shut down by German amusement park

A new ride at the "Tatzmania" amusement park in the Black Forest town of Löffingen in south-west Germany was shut down for a design flaw that has nothing to do with safety and that strongly resembles a swastika, the notorious symbol of Nazi Germany.

Germany’s far right: Police to restructure as threat of extremism grows

Germany's Federal Criminal Police (BKA) wants to set up a new central unit to fight right-wing extremism and hate crimes, according to a research conducted by German media outlets WDR, NDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Germany’s Jewish Council warns against AfD’s “right-wing extremism”

Dr. Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany – the country’s EJC affiliate - has accused the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of having right-wing extremist tendencies.
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