BERLIN — Germany’s leading Jewish organization expressed alarm Thursday over footage of flag-waving neo-Nazis in self-styled uniforms marching through an eastern German town on May Day unhindered by police. “The images of the neo-Nazi march by The Third Way party in Plauen are disturbing and frightening,” said Josef Schuster, the head of Germany’s Central Council of Jews. The march in Plauen took place to the beat of heavy drums made to look like those used by the Hitler Youth. “If the Saxony state government is serious about combating right-wing extremism, it must not allow such demonstrations,” Schuster said. At a separate rally Wednesday, neo-Nazis marched through the western German city of Duisburg with signs calling for the destruction of Israel.

Source: Washington Post May 02, 2019 14:39 UTC