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 Eastern Germany"). In the next years the group organized the "mourning march" together with the neo-Nazi party National Democratic Party of Germany ("National Demokratische Partei Deutschlands" (NPD)) and the "Freie Kräfte" (Free Forces), groups of neo-Nazi activists that are not party members. Between 2000 and 2009 the "mourning march" grew bigger and bigger to become "Europe's biggest Nazi demonstration". By 2009 the participation had grown to peak with nearly 7,000. Delegations from far-right wing groups and parties from all over Europe attended. One particular reason for the growth in attendance was that other "big" Nazi demonstrations like those in Halbe