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Hundreds of demonstrators have protested in Dresden following the sentence of an anti-Nazi demonstrator to nearly two years in jail without the possibility of parole for aggravated assault and rioting, the Sächische Zeitiung reported on Saturday.
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In my opinion, it is the politically manipulated education which leads to such extremism. A number of schools and universities have an extremely left-wing presentations of German history. Anybody who tries to correct the false interpretations of what happened during the 1930s, is looked upon as being far right. Such persons are seen as targets for left-wing radicals.
On the other side, because much of what is said, about earlier German generations can be proved to be incorrect, we have others who claim almost everything was a lie.
In a true democracy, it would be the duty of the government to make sure that children are taught the truth about what happened in the past, thus avoiding reason for dispute. Instead we find people being charged, tried and convicted, for speaking openly on subjects which should demand more clarification.
For example, to doubt something took place, can have the same reaction in the courts and media, as a complete denial would have.
It would not be a bad idea to make sure that all politicians in parliament, including Herr Thierse,were given a basic knowledge of European history, instead of just repeating what they have heard said. When a fish starts to die from the head, the stink soon reaches the extremities and the same goes for politics, not just in Germany.