Neo-Nazi marches in Dresden Neo-Nazi marches in Dresden In the 21st century, Dresden has been the site of some of the biggest gatherings of Nazis in post-War Germany. The annual right-wing marches in the beginning of February peaked in 2007 and in 2009 with about 6,500 participants. With the marches a broad coalition of right-wing groups, old and new Nazis declared to remember the bombing of Dresden by Allied Forces at the end of World War II on the weekend after the anniversary of the bombings on February 13, 1945. In contrast to other cities in Germany resistance against the marches from civil society
Neo-Nazi marches in Dresden organized by the city took place "far away from the Nazi march" and was "not even at the same time". The mayor of Dresden Helma Orosz, however, claimed later that the human chain had prevented the Nazi march. At the end of the day the legal team of "Dresden Nazifrei" reported 24 persons arrested. The demonstration medical team reported the treatment of 100 people. In the evening 3,000 people who participated in the blockades celebrated the blockade of the Nazi march with a spontaneous demonstration. Meanwhile, disappointed neo-Nazis traveling home from the prevented demonstration rioted in the nearby towns of