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  • That part of Germany (South-east. Although probably all of the east) is a strange. I spent a week in Schneeberg/Aue (south of of Dreseden and Leipzig) and the number of NPD bumper stickers and graffiti was a bit off-putting. The highlight of the trip was probably finding a kebab shop run by a Lebanese guy and being able to speak French with him (I'm exagerating a bit - met some really nice people, and went on some lovely hikes).

    One of the problems (apparently - this is a German professor of mine's story) in the East is that you have an emigration West of people who have achieved a decent level of education and/or are women. So you're left with a bunch of young, unsatisfied, and under-educated men.

    East Germany was not given any chance in the utterly mismanaged, botched, rushed, bungled, unconstitutional, and corrupt 're-unification' (more like an annexation). Immense social problems persist. NPD presence is just one of the symptoms. It will recover, but it will still take some considerable time, and much of East Germany is still very weak socio-economically.

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