#GERMANY: Legislator Charged For Giving War-Era Chant At Frat House

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A regional legislator with the right-leaning Alternative for Germany Party was arrested on Monday on charges including displaying forbidden totalitarian symbols, with neighbours of his fraternity complaining of often hearing the Nazi "Sieg Heil" victory salute.

Newly elected Daniel Halemba, 22, was due to take up his seat in the Bavarian regional parliament later on Monday. He is a member of the Teutonia Prague student fraternity, whose premises were raided by police in September.

During the raid, officials said, they found forbidden symbols - Germany's constitution forbids the display of symbols of totalitarian regimes like the swastika - and neighbours complained of hearing "Sieg Heil" (Hail Victory) from inside.

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#GERMANY: Neo-Nazis Take To The Streets To Celebrate Rudolf Hess, Wave Monarchist German Flags

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More than 600 neo-Nazis took to the streets of Berlin this weekend to commemorate the death of leading Nazi-era figure Rudolf Hess, as counter-demonstrators clashed with them. Bottles and stones were thrown during the clashes.  The neo-Nazi supporters held a banner reading 'I regret nothing' as they marched, waving the red-white-and-black flag of the pre-World War I German monarchy (the red and white Swastika flag of the Nazi era is banned in Germany.) They were protected by police in riot gear as they chanted and marched in the streets.

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#AUSTRIA: Far-Right Candidate Linked To "Songbook" Celebrating The Holocaust

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The far-right candidate in an Austrian state election was under pressure on Tuesday following a magazine report about song lyrics celebrating the Holocaust and other Nazi atrocities.
According to the Falter weekly, Udo Landbauer of the Freedom Party (FPÖ), which is in the national governing coalition, is deputy chair of a student fraternity behind a songbook containing the texts.

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#GERMANY: Anti-Immigrant AfD Party Enters Parliament, Proclaims "New Era" In Germany, Invokes Goering

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The far-right Alternative For Germany Party vowed a “new era” as it made its debut yesterday at the first sitting of Germany’s newly-elected parliament, where it immediately sparked an outcry by comparing itself to an MP once targeted by Nazi Hermann Goering. The party filed a motion to challenge a change in parliamentary rules that thwarted one of its lawmakers from making the opening speech in the lower house. Other members pointed out the comparison was inaccurate.

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#GERMANY: Anti-Migrant Party Parliamentary Candidate Circulates Hitler's Photo, Calls For His "Return"

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The Alternative for Germany Party is investigating a regional chairwoman for circulating a photo of Adolf Hitler, in which she called for his return. Parliamentary candidate for the Nüremberg area, Elena Roon, sent a photo of Adolf Hitler to members on an AfD group Whatsapp chat last summer. The photo was accompanied with the phrases: "Missed since 1945", and "Adolf please get in touch! Germany needs you! The German people!"

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#CANADA: Holocaust-Denying Former Green Candidate Expelled From Party

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Former Green Party parliamentary candidate Monika Schaefer, has been forced out as a candidate and expelled from the national party after she made a video denying that the Nazi Holocaust ever happened. Her expulsion came after she made a YouTube video in which the first-generation Canadian apologized to her long-dead, German-born mother for scolding her ignorance of the Holocaust, which she now calls a "six-million lie." Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she is "shocked" by her statements.

Pictured: Monika Schaefer, a former Green Party candidate, with Elizabeth May. (Facebook)

#GERMANY: Justice Minister Seeks To Eliminate "Nazi Language" Left In German Laws

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Some laws in Germany still bear traces of the Nazi past, 70 years after the fall of Nazi Germany. The criminal code descriptions of murder and manslaughter were written in 1941 and parts of the original text still remain today, judging crimes based on the character of those committing them. Justice Minister Heiko Maas wants to change this.

#UKRAINE: Parliament Bans Symbols And Propaganda Promoting Nazi, Soviet Past

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The Ukraine parliament has banned all symbols and propaganda representing "the totalitarian Communist and Nazi regimes" including street names and flags, as well as monuments and plaques. the law bans "all public denial" of their "criminal character" except for educational purposes in schools and in cemeteries.

#SWEDEN: Candidate for Party with "Nazi Roots" Quits After Nazi Armband Photo Surfaces

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#JAPAN

Deputy PM Praises #Nazi's Quick Changes to Wiemar Constitution As Guide; Retracts [world politics news]

RUSSIA: Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Fine, Jail Nazi Sympathizers [world politics news]