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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.
NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI