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-völkisch movements Neo-völkisch movements Neo-völkisch movements, as defined by the historian Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, cover a wide variety of mutually influencing groups of a radically ethnocentric character which have emerged, especially in the English-speaking world, since World War II. These loose networks revive or imitate the "völkisch" movement of 19th- and early 20th-century Germany in their defensive affirmation of white identity against modernity, liberalism, immigration, multiracialism, and multiculturalism. Some identify as neo-fascist, alt-right, neo-Nazi, or Third Positionist; others are politicised around some form of white ethnic nationalism or identity politics, and may show right-wing anarchist tendencies. Especially notable is the prevalence of devotional