On the other hand, only a handful of individuals have come to the Plzen Emila Skody square where a neo-Nazi march was planned, but eventually banned by the local mayor. Perhaps 100 proponents of the extreme right arrived at Palackeho square by 2:00 p.m.
There were also some anarchists. Some neo-Nazis wore black flags and balaclavas. They are being watched by tens of riot police who are checking their documents. At the square in Plzen, there are some 30 police vans, a water canon and four ambulances. A protest Jewish 'return' hits 20-year low ...
Belsen opens Holocaust museum ... rally of anarchists was also to be held in Plzen. However, it was banned. Nevertheless, there are about 100 leftist militants with the banner "No Nazis in Plzen" there. Around 800 opponents of the neo-Nazis have come to the remembrance event for the Holocaust victims outside the Plzen synagogue. Chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities Jiri Danicek told CTK earlier the date of the march, January 19, was connected with the first transport of Jews from Plzen to the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp, north Bohemia, that was dispatched on January 18, 1942. Out of 2605 Jews on the transport only 112 survived the war.
(Ceske Noviny)
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