Some 25,000 people demonstrated in Germany against the recent wave of neo-Nazi violence across the country. The head of Germany’s Jewish community said at Saturday’s demonstration in Dusseldorf that German citizens must not remain silent when neo-Nazis strike. “When ranting skinheads can claim they are carrying out the will of the silent majority, then the silent majority is not without blame,” Paul Spiegel said.
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