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The city of Chemnitz became a flashpoint of [[Germany|German]] patriotic and anti-mass migration sentiment in late August 2018. Hundreds of protesters gathered in the eastern German city of Chemnitz on Monday, August 27, in a second day of demonstrations after a 35-year-old local carpenter, a German of Cuban extraction,  was stabbed to death on Sunday, August 26. The fatal stabbing took place during Chemnitz's local festival period. The protestors blamed Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] for giving unrestricted access to Muslim migrants, who had now murdered one of their own residents.

The city of Chemnitz became a flashpoint of [[Germany|German]] patriotic and anti-mass migration sentiment in late August 2018. Hundreds of protesters gathered in the eastern German city of Chemnitz on Monday, August 27, in a second day of demonstrations after a 35-year-old local carpenter, a German of Cuban extraction,  was stabbed to death on Sunday, August 26. The fatal stabbing took place during Chemnitz's local festival period. The protestors blamed Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] for giving unrestricted access to Muslim migrants, who had now murdered one of their own residents.

Activists of the [[conservative]] [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) party, [[PEGIDA]], joined along with other patriotic conservatives, in a protest march in Chemnitz on Saturday, 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 left-wing, pro-[[open borders]] counterprotesters.

Activists of the [[conservative]] [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) party, [[PEGIDA]], along with other patriotic conservatives, marched in a protest in Chemnitz on Saturday, 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 left-wing, pro-[[open borders]] counterprotesters.

While most of the protestors were conservative and patriotic Germans, Merkel described them as somehow being "neo-Nazis."<ref>[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/merkel-calls-concerned-german-citizens-in-chemnitz-neo-nazis/ Merkel calls concerned German citizens in Chemnitz ‘neo-Nazis’]. ''Voice of Europe''. September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref>

While most of the protestors were conservative and patriotic Germans, Merkel described them as somehow being "neo-Nazis."<ref>[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/merkel-calls-concerned-german-citizens-in-chemnitz-neo-nazis/ Merkel calls concerned German citizens in Chemnitz ‘neo-Nazis’]. ''Voice of Europe''. September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref>