Overview
- The annual march in Demmin, held Friday, drew about 300 far-right participants against roughly 1,200–1,500 counterprotesters, according to police and organizers.
- Sit-ins blocked a main route Friday evening, prompting police to send the procession onto side streets with no clashes reported.
- Officers deployed barriers, riot units, water cannons, dogs, a helicopter, and patrol boats on the Peene to keep groups apart.
- Counterdemonstrators arrived on dozens of buses, supported by a multi-day protest camp near an industrial site that ran from Wednesday into Sunday.
- Die Heimat, formerly the NPD, leads the yearly silent march tied to 1945 mass suicides in Demmin, which local activists say the party exploits to reshape the town’s memory.