Commotion for a parade of 300 neo-Nazis in uniform in East Germany

A parade of about 300 neo – Nazis dressed in a martial uniform, wearing the uniform and carrying torches across the city of Plauen (East of the country), coinciding with May Day, launched this week the critics of the left and the Jewish community in Germany, who described the march of "creepy".

The images received from this city of the "Land" of Saxony recall "the darkest chapter of German history," denounced the president of the Central Council of Jews of Germany, Josef Schuster.

The parliamentary group of La Izquierda in this federated state, as well as in the ranks of the Greens, was asked to clarify the responsibilities concerning the authorization of this march, which took place between a powerful deployment of police.

The events unfolded on Wednesday, the day when one hundred protests had been summoned across the country, whether it was trade union rallies of the International Workers Day or parades of the radical left – the so-called Revolution Day – as well as demonstrations. of right

The parade of Plauen, a city of 66,000 inhabitants, was organized by the group "Der Dritte Weg" – "The Third Way" -, a group founded in 2013 in Bavaria and now established in Saxony.

Some three hundred supporters of the organization joined the march, all dressed in a brown t-shirt and a chest-style military inscription.

The march was led by several members playing drums and framed by individuals carrying the flags identifying the group and the torches.

In the images broadcast today by social networks, slogans such as "foreign aliens" and other xenophobic cries are heard.

Plauen It is one of the neo-Nazi strongholds of Saxony, a "Land" where the September regional elections will take place, in which a strong impetus is expected for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ).

The Saxon capital, Dresden, was the cradle of the so-called movement "Patriots Against the Islamization of the West", Pegida.

In the last general election, in September 2017, the AfD was the most voted force in this "Land", with 27%, nearly 15 points above the national average obtained by this party.