Tag Archives | Golden Dawn

Xenophobia Rises in Greece

They hoped that they would find in Europe the promised land. But they were confronted with xenophobia, racism and Golden Dawn. The German weekly news magazine, Der Spiegel, published the article, A getaway from xenophobia, on the attacks against immigrants in Greece. The article refers both to the growing number of racist attacks in Greece [...]

Der Spiegel Strikes Out At Golden Dawn

The German magazine Der Spiegel is linking racism and violent incidents in Greece to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn part which has been accused of beating immigrants, a charge it has repeatedly denied. “The deeper the crisis is, the more rigid are the austerity measures imposed by the European creditors, and the worse the climate of [...]

Golden Dawn Eyes Worldwide Role

British journal the Guardian cited an article concerning the spreading political aspirations of Golden Dawn around the world. “Emboldened by its meteoric rise in Greece, the far-right Golden Dawn party is spreading its tentacles abroad, amid fears it is acting on its pledge to “create cells in every corner of the world”. The extremist group, [...]

Nuremberg Greeks Denounce Golden Dawn

The Federation of Greek Communities of Germany has condemned the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, which has 18 seats in the Greek Parliament and is rising in power on the back of a nationalist anti-immigrant stance and has been criticized as being anti-Semitic. The party is establishing an office in Nuremberg, the city where war crimes [...]

Greek Students in Germany Denounce Golden Dawn

In an open letter, Greek students living in various cities of Germany, say that they know firsthand what racist violence and Nazism means and express their rage about Golden Dawn’s attacks against immigrants, workers and students in Greece. The website www.mathites.gr published this open letter written by students around Germany, Frankfurt, Cologne, Bohum, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf and Gutersloh. [...]

BBC Says Golden Dawn’s Rise Mimics Hitler

Laurence Rees, a former creative director of history programs for the BBC and the author of six books on World War II, has put together a report examining the conditions that allowed Adolph Hitler to rise to power in Germany and drew comparisons between the Nazis and the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party in Greece. According [...]