11-11-2007 / Czech
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Czech Republic - More than 1,000 rally against neo-Nazi march in Prague's old Jewish quarter
Brandishing yellow stars and red flags, more than a 1,000 people rallied in Prague’s old Jewish quarter to block an extreme-right march on the anniversary of a notorious Nazi-era pogrom against Jews.
Hundreds of Jews and others gathered in the historic Jewish quarter to commemorate the Nazi pogrom, protest the march and be ready, if it went ahead, to prevent it from going through the Jewish quarter.
We are here "to protest attempts of neo-Nazi groups to publicly promote anti-Semitic, racist and other abusive ideas," said Jiri Danicek, head of the Czech Federation of Jewish communities.
Some of the counter-demonstrators wore the yellow stars of David that Jews were forced to wear during the Nazi era.
Source:
www.ejpress.org
Date: Nov 11, 2007
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