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  • May 2008

    • Skinheads Dupe German Mail, Make Stamp of Nazi Hero

      Der Spiegel  |  May 21, 08 5:51 PM CDT

      Skinheads Dupe German Mail, Make Stamp of Nazi Hero

      (Newser) - Neo-Nazis in Germany pulled a fast one on the national postal service by tricking the agency into making stamps featuring one of Hitler’s senior deputies, der Spiegel reports. The skinheads used a Deutsche Post service that allows people to upload images for custom stamps online to create about 20 with images of Rudolph Hess. "The Hess stamp is out there," gloated one magazine. Deutsche Post says it's reviewing its policies. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • Neo-Nazi  • mail  • stamps  • Deutsche Post

  • April 2008

    • Hitler Gets Dolled Up in Ukraine

      BBC  |  Apr 24, 08 3:58 AM CDT

      Hitler Gets Dolled Up in Ukraine

      (Newser) - Adolf Hitler dolls—with arms that move to make the infamous "sieg heil" salute—will soon be on sale in the Ukraine, the BBC reports. The Barbie-sized figure, which even comes with a change of outfits, is certain to spark an outcry in the country where the Nazis killed 3 million people and positive depictions of the Nazi regime are banned. Government critics blame its policies for a chilling rise in neo-Nazism. More »

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      Nazi  • Ukraine  • Adolf Hitler  • Neo-Nazi

  • February 2008
  • November 2007

    • Competing With Neo-Nazis for the Youth Vote

      Der Spiegel  |  Nov 14, 07 6:33 PM CST

      Competing With Neo-Nazis for the Youth Vote

      (Newser) - The government of one East German state is so concerned about the influence of neo-Nazi extremism on the young that it's handing out free CDs of leftist punk music as an antidote. Der Speigel reports that the tactic is borrowed from the far-right NPD party itself, which has been distributing skinhead compilations at schools and subsequently achieved record electoral results with young voters. More »

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      Nazi  • Neo-Nazi  • German  • punk music

    • Protesters Thwart Neo-Nazi Rally in Prague

      BBC  |  Nov 11, 07 9:15 AM CST

      Protesters Thwart Neo-Nazi Rally in Prague

      (Newser) - Neo-Nazis marching on the anniversary of the infamous 1938 Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht ran into a wall of more than 1,000 counter-protesters bearing the Star of David in Prague's old Jewish quarter yesterday, the BBC reports. Czech police had earlier detained some of the skinheads, members of the Young Nationalist Democrats, who were armed with batons and homemade Molotov cocktails. More »

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      Nazi  • Holocaust  • Czech Republic  • Neo-Nazi  • Prague  • Kristallnacht

  • October 2007

    • German Town Wages Quirky War Against Neo-Nazis

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 31, 07 6:39 PM CDT

      German Town Wages Quirky War Against Neo-Nazis

      (Newser) - Inhabitants of the small German town of Gräfenberg have taken up ideological arms against far-right demonstrators from the National Democratic Party, Der Spiegel r eports, running loud saws, blaring samba music, and projecting images of concentration-camp victims to disrupt their rallies. The conflict started when the town's mayor declared a war memorial private property, preventing a neo-Nazi group from rallying there. More »

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      Nazi  • Neo-Nazi  • concentration camp  • National Democratic Party

    • Art Vandals Post Video of Raid on YouTube

      New York Times  |  Oct 9, 07 12:01 PM CDT

      Art Vandals Post Video of Raid on YouTube

      (Newser) - Andres Serrano, no stranger to controversy, has seen his current photography exhibition in a Swedish university town vandalized with crowbars and axes. But the latest incident of destruction had a new twist: The vandals who ran through Serrano's exhibition "The History of Sex" last week filmed their act of vandalism and posted the video on YouTube. More »

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      YouTube  • art  • Nazi  • Sweden  • Neo-Nazi

  • September 2007

    • Jewish Hate Grows in Jewish State

      Economist  |  Sep 16, 07 8:15 PM CDT

      Jewish Hate Grows in Jewish State

      (Newser) - Israel may seem an odd place for anti-Semitism, but as more immigrants claim Jewish heritage to gain citizenship through the loose "law of return," though they aren't technically Jewish, neo-Nazism is on the rise. Poverty, unemployment and social exclusion mark the lives of many non-Jews in Israel, reports the Economist , and those frustrations explain why some youths fall under the spell of racist ideologies. More »

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      Israel  • immigration  • racism  • Nazi  • anti-Semitism  • Neo-Nazi  • Nazism  • Israeli Arabs

    • Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Sep 9, 07 4:03 PM CDT

      Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

      (Newser) - Israelis are glued to the TV over news that police have busted a Neo-Nazi gang on Israeli soil, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Russian immigrant group allegedly filmed its attacks on gays and observant Jews and have vowed to "kill them all." A policeman said, "It is difficult to believe that Nazi ideology sympathizers can exist in Israel, but it is a fact." More »

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      Israel  • police  • Nazi  • Jews  • immigrant  • Adolf Hitler  • Soviet Union  • Neo-Nazi  • white supremacism

  • June 2007

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