Riots Break Out On The 65th Anniversary Of The Dresden Bombing

A left-wing protester holds a banner reading "Lola I love you" during a demonstration against a planned march of right-wing demontrators in the streets of Dresden. Photograph by: Tobias Schwarz, Reuters

German Protesters Stop Neo-Nazi March In Dresden -- Yahoo News/Reuters

DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – At least 10,000 Germans formed a human chain in Dresden on Saturday and stopped neo-Nazis staging a funeral march to remember victims of the Allied air raid that flattened the city 65 years ago.

About 5,000 neo-Nazis, clad in black, had gathered at Dresden's Neustadt station -- where Nazis once packed trains with Jews bound for the Auschwitz concentration camp -- hoping to stage Germany's biggest far-right march since 1945.

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More News On The 65th Anniversary Of The Dresden Bombing

Neo-Nazis rally on Dresden bombing anniversary -- Yahoo News/AP
German Riots On 65th Anniversary Of Dresden Bombing -- BBC
Thousands form human chain to denounce right-wing extremists -- Deutsche Welle
Violence At Neo-Nazi Protest In Germany -- Sky News (Video)
Opponents outnumber neo-Nazis at Dresden rally -- Van

German Riots On 65th Anniversary Of Dresden Bombing -- BBC
Thousands form human chain to denounce right-wing extremists -- Deutsche Welle
Violence At Neo-Nazi Protest In Germany -- Sky News (Video)
Opponents outnumber neo-Nazis at Dresden rally -- Vancouver Sun

My Comment: I cannot help myself but when any discussion of Dresden ever comes up I am always remembering Kurt Vonnegut's book (Slaughterhouse-Five), and its depiction of the bombing of Dresden in World War II .

If Kurt Vonnegut was alive today .... I am sure his commentary on today's violence would be the following ..... "and so it goes".

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