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The city of Chemnitz became a flashpoint of German anti-migrant violence in 2018.
 
The city of Chemnitz became a flashpoint of German anti-migrant violence in 2018.
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Thousands of alt-right protesters gathered in the eastern German city of Chemnitz on Monday, August 27, in a second day of demonstrations after a 35-year-old carpenter was stabbed to death at a street festival on Sunday August 26. They blame Angela Merkel for giving unfettered access to Muslim migrants, who had now murdered one of their resident.
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Thousands of alt-right protesters gathered in the eastern German city of Chemnitz on Monday, August 27, in a second day of demonstrations after a 35-year-old carpenter was stabbed to death at a street festival on Sunday August 26. They blame Chancellor Angela Merkel for giving unfettered access to Muslim migrants, who had now murdered one of their resident.
    
Members of the alt-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party again joined forces with conservatives in a protest march in Chemnitz on September 1. According to police estimates, about 6,000 supporters of the right-wing Pro Chemnitz group were at the scene, along with about 1,500 counterprotesters.  
 
Members of the alt-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party again joined forces with conservatives in a protest march in Chemnitz on September 1. According to police estimates, about 6,000 supporters of the right-wing Pro Chemnitz group were at the scene, along with about 1,500 counterprotesters.  
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==Initial protests==
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Many in Germany have been angered by Angela Merkel's pledge to take in a million refugees to fill the gap in the country's rapidly shrinking population.
    
==Daniel Hillig==
 
==Daniel Hillig==
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