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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
One recent Friday afternoon in Berlin, a handful of far-right activists gathered near Brandenburg Gate. The group of men stood around with bicycles and flags, including some from the so-called Reichsbürger scene, a collection of far-right extremists who pledge allegiance to the German Reich that existed up until 1945. The red, white, and black German Imperial Flag used by Reichsbürger groups is a well-known hate symbol throughout the country, a kind of unofficial substitute for the banned Swastika. Numerous so-called Reichsbürgers, who are free to wave the flag virtually whenever they please, …