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A face mask was left behind on the square in front of the Old Opera in Frankfurt, Germany
GERMAN Foreign Minister Heiko Maas accused protesters against coronavirus restrictions of “mocking the bravery that was needed to take a stand against the Nazis” following incendiary comparisons at anti-lockdown protests.
Right-wing demonstrators at some protests have worn stars of David — a symbol the Nazis forced Jews to wear under the third reich — in order to signal they are being “persecuted.”
A speaker at a protest in Hannover on Saturday sparked outrage when she compared herself to resistance organiser Sophie Scholl, who was put to death in 1943 for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.
JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right
NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI