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Hoyerswerda 1991: Original Scenes of Right-Wing Violence in East Germany

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From September 17 to 23, 1991, residents and neo-Nazis besieged the apartment blocks of former GDR contract workers and asylum seekers in Hoyerswerda. The week of racist attacks ended with the evacuation of the migrants from the city. The events of that time still have an impact today.

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