In German cities

“Nazis are shit”: Thousands demonstrate against the right

In Germany, thousands once again took a stand against the right on Saturday. According to the police, around 3,500 people took part in the demonstration "Bochum in solidarity - hand in hand against the right". In Bordesholm in Schleswig-Holstein, around 2,500 people took to the streets against right-wing extremism.

In Magdeburg, people demonstrated with banners, rainbow flags, soap bubbles and music.

"Diversity without alternative"
Crafted and self-designed signs read "Respect instead of exclusion", "Nazis are shit" and "Diversity without alternative", among other things. According to the police, up to 3,000 people gathered. The organizers spoke of around 6000 participants.

Other events with several hundred participants each took place in Bernau and Gaggenau in Baden-Württemberg. According to police reports, more than 1000 people demonstrated in Berlin against an event with former AfD politician André Poggenburg.

For weeks, tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets all over Germany to protest against right-wing extremism. The protests were triggered by a report by the media outlet Correctiv about a meeting of radical right-wingers in Potsdam on November 25, which was also attended by AfD politicians as well as individual members of the CDU and the very conservative Werteunion.