About 200 neo-Nazis gathered Saturday in front of the city’s Parliament building to commemorate Nazi and Hungarian troops who defended Buda Castle against Soviet forces in February 1945. They were countered by more than 1,000 participants of a demonstration organized by the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities. Police separated the two groups, who heckled each other, but there were no serious incidents.
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