Neo-Nazis on the Rise in Eastern Germany

Neo-Nazis on the Rise in Eastern Germany

This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Die Welt.

With the help of Saxony’s Special Commission on Right-Wing Extremism , four young neo-Nazi men were arrested shortly before Christmas Eve 2010 on suspicion of murder and causing grievous bodily harm.

Three of the men had allegedly beaten up two guests at the La Notte dance bar in Grlitz on Oct. 23, 2010. The attacks were brutal. A beer glass was deliberately smashed into the right eye of one of the victims, leaving his eye virtually blind. The second victim’s jaw was broken in several places.

Two of the accused allegedly took part in another attack, in which they used pepper spray and sticks against two supposed leftists.

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