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Anti-lockdown protesters in Germany ‘mocking resistance to the Nazis’ with tasteless stunts
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.

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