Spanish neo-Nazis honor blue division that fought under Adolf Hitler: “The Jew is the culprit”

Spanish neo-Nazi and fascist groups paid tribute to the Blue division, the Spanish brigade that fought under Hitler in World War II, amid anti-Semitic rhetoric and calls to fight for Spain and a “Europe liquidated by the enemy”.

“The enemy will always be the same, although with different masks: the Jew“Said one of the speakers at the event held last Saturday in Madrid before greeting the Nazis with dozens of participants.

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And he added: “The Jew is guilty and the Blue Division fought for it.”

How the neo-Nazi parade went in Madrid

About 300 people marched through the Spanish capital to the Almudena Cemetery to honor the brigade of Spanish volunteers who fought alongside Germany during the invasion of the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1943. Some 50,000 Spanish soldiers took part in various battles linked to the siege. of Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg. Along with them, 146 women from the Women’s Section were among the nurses.

The parade and the act that followed took place last Saturday, February 10, on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the Battle of Krasni Bor on the outskirts of Leningrad, in what is considered the bloodiest fight in which the Blue Brigade has intervened.

The event was organized by the Patriotic Youth, a neo-Nazi group from Madrid, supported by Spain 20,000 or La Phalange, groups of the Spanish far right.

According to the site At sea, the mobilization went through different districts of Madrid with a banner with the shield of the Blue Division and the legend “Honor and glory to the dead “.

The demonstration culminated in the monolith in the Almudena cemetery which reminds us of the Blue Division. There the assistants they made the nazi salute and they sang fascist themed songs.

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For neo-Nazis, “fascism is joy”

One of the speakers, dressed in blue, said that “it is our supreme obligation to fight for Spain, to fight for Europe, now weak and liquidated by the enemy. The enemy will always be the same, although with different masks: the Jew. The Jew is the culprit and the Blue Division fought for it, ”he said.

Even a priest performed a religious service. A crown with a Nazi swastika was placed on the monolith. The priest gave a brief speech in which he assured that “Marxism, as yesterday continues to try to disturb the peace of our society, to disturb the peace of minds and, above all, to remove the prince from peace, our Lord Jesus Christ ”.

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Still according to the report of At sea, another of the speakers, Ignacio Menendez, asked participants not to comply with health measures in the context of the pandemic.

Ignacio Menéndez, speaker

“It is necessary that you break the curfew, that you meet your family and friends, that there are more than six of us as we are here today; and kiss and sing and live happily. Because fascism is joy», He indicated.