Source:The Local
A former school – which closed due to a lack of local children – is due to be converted into a home for around 400 refugees in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf area of Berlin. The plan has been greeted with hostility from some locals and sparked a campaign from members of the neo-Nazi NPD party.
An information event organized by the local council on Tuesday evening was dominated by members of the Berlin NPD party, the leader of which Sebastian Schmidtke held up a sign reading “Asylum home? No thanks.” He was joined by fellow NPD members from across the city, the Berliner Zeitung newspaper reported.
More than the police estimated 800 people showed up, most of them not interested in the information but more intent on domination, the paper said. Repeated shouts of “Germany for Germans”, “No to the home” and “What do I care for others’ suffering?” interrupted those trying to speak.