Thousands of Nazis and Nazi sympathizers march in Chemnitz, Germany

[Ezior]

Last edited Mon Aug 27, 2018, 06:19 PM - Edit history (1)

I believe nobody posted this before, so here you go:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45324804

If you're not German-looking, you may want to stay out of Ex-GDR states, parts of Bavaria and other sparsely populated regions. White Americans might be safe though?

Freelance journalist Johannes Grunert told Spiegel Online he had witnessed some protesters using bottles to attack people "who did not look German".

[flotsam]

1. I read the article

and your post title is completely false. The highest number quoted was 800 which included counter protesters. In short you are fear mongering.

[Ezior]

5. Sorry, that article has outdated numbers

Initially there were ~1000 counter protesters, but 2 hours later a few thousand right-wingers joined in.
Not that easy to find up to date articles in English, this one apparently has numbers that are a little more recent: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-chemnitz/german-far-right-protesters-clash-with-leftists-after-chemnitz-stabbing-idUSKCN1LC1DD
And I guess there will be more about this in international news tomorrow.

This one (German language) makes it pretty clear that there were a few thousand right-wingers: https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2018-08/gegendemonstration-chemnitz-sachsen-die-linke-rechte-gewalt

[flotsam]

6. The new numbers say

1000 leftists protesters and a lower # of rightists (not nazis). Your other link is in German which I do not speak or read and from a source I do not know. I will need much more convinced especially since you said 1000 Nazis are hunting immigrants which is it seems only an editorial comment by yourself.

[Ezior]

8. I agree, my title is incorrect, because not all of them...

.. are on a hunt. Sorry about that, I will fix that.

[flotsam]

9. None of us are happy about it

But as a member of the community it is important that your posts are 100% accurate or people who trust you could suffer harm. Thank you for the edit!

[lunasun]

2. Yikes the area is strong anti immigrant AfD party

Proclaiming edicts like this
"Today it's a citizen's duty to stop the lethal 'knife migration'!" he wrote, alluding to the influx of migrants in recent years. "It could have targeted your father, son or brother!"
Police reported Hitler salutes being thrown among the right-wing crowd, where anti-immigration placards can be seen with messages like "Stop the asylum flood".

[htuttle]

3. Your title is bogus

Here's the real headline:
"Germany migrants: Protesters face off in Chemnitz"

Protesters + counterprotesters got in a riot. Nothing to do with 'hunting' foreigners.

[oberliner]

10. Far-right vigilantes 'hunting down' migrants in Germany after man's death (Sky News)

Far-right protesters in Germany have been "hunting down" foreigners in street mobs after a man was stabbed to death.

The 35-year-old German-Cuban man was killed and two others were left needing hospital treatment after what police described as a dispute between "several people of various nationalities" on Sunday.

Police have arrested a 22-year-old Iraqi man and a 23-year-old Syrian man in connection with the death, according to Leipzig's LVZ news site.

It prompted about 800 people to demonstrate in Chemnitz, a city in which the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) received nearly a quarter of the vote last year.

https://news.sky.com/story/far-right-vigilantes-hunting-down-migrants-in-germany-after-mans-death-11483681

[Squinch]

4. Another completely false, fear-mongering title from a low postcount poster. Gosh. Whatever

could be going on here?

[Ezior]

7. Well, I *am* afraid.

Sorry if that comes over as fear-mongering. And about my low post count.

The title is not false though. I realize not every single one of the 5000 (latest numbers) right-wing protesters is a Nazi, but really, when you join a protest where they yell "Ausländer raus!" and where you can see quite a few Hitler salutes (illegal in Germany), then I'd say it's fair to call them a Nazi sympathizer.
Edit: I updated the topic title because I just realized it turned out wrong. Clearly not all of the protesters are "hunters".

Also, some of the Nazis definitely went on a hunt for foreigners. See this vid for example (includes illegal Hitler salute at 0:13-0:15):

Link to tweet

[Squinch]

12. The title is completely false.

[oberliner]

13. Anti-migrant protests continue for third night in Germany

A few hundred protesters gathered Thursday evening for a nationalist rally in Chemnitz, just across the street from where local officials were meeting with community groups to discuss violent anti-migrant sentiment that flared earlier this week in the eastern German city.

The fairly peaceful demonstration was a stark contrast to scenes Sunday and Monday when far-right demonstrators clashed with counterprotesters over the fatal stabbing of a 35-year-old German man in a brawl.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/30/europe/germany-protests-chemnitz-intl/index.html

[Squinch]

14. Is that supposed to change the fact that the OP headline was a lie? It still doesn't.

[oberliner]

11. This is awful

Thank you for posting.