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Neo nazis rally in square, town responds with Schindler's List soundtrack

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lazygecko

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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/swedish-ci...lers-list-theme-during-neo-nazi-rally-1462627

The 80 bells of Norrköping's city hall will play the theme of Steven Spielberg's Holocaust film Schindler's List during a neo-Nazi political rally being held in its central square.

The Swedish city's mayor, Lars Stjernkvist, and vice-chairman, Fredrik Bergqvist, said that the aim of the initiative is "not to disrupt the meeting, but to highlight that all people are equal".

The music will be rung out before and after the two-hour rally by the far-right and anti-immigration Party of the Swedes (Svenskarnas Parti).

"This is a symbol for tolerance and to show that we have a welcoming society. We're playing the theme from Schindler's List because it's a symbol for what's happened in European history," Bergqvist told The Local.

Protest against neo-nazism

He added that Norrköping has been an open society since the middle ages, and was one of the first places in Sweden "where Jews were allowed to settle and start businesses".

The Church of Sweden is also organising a demonstration against hate and violence, in conjunction with the neo-Nazi meeting.

The Social Democrats and Moderates have joined forces against the Party of the Swedes, publishing a joint statement in support of the town hall's decision.

The development came after 10 people were hurt when police horses trampled counterprotesters at a Party of the Swedes rally in Malmö.

Police arrested nine people at the demonstration.

This is the kind of trolling you can get behind.

It's a great soundtrack too, naturally.
 

BowieZ

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Well, they certainly picked the right film score for that! I've been reliving the score lately while digesting the disgusting hypocrisy certain nationalistic peoples have recently displayed. So good.


Haven't they experimented with classical music at train stations and shopping malls and the like? To try and psychologically discourage criminal acts?

Whether or not it works well, I'd like to see more of this sort of stuff tried.
 

Jag

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Nazis. Can't believe we are still dealing with this shit. You would think some people in Europe would have learned.
 

Chariot

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Nazis. Can't believe we are still dealing with this shit. You would think some people in Europe would have learned.
When Israeli forget, it's not so far fetched, that Europeans forget too.

But I don't think the modern Nazis are a real threat, far too obvious. The problems are the other right wing movements and parties who are more subtle about what they do and want to do and distance themselves from the Nazis, even if it is just a bit.

Nevertheless a powerful symbol and a wonderful idea.
 
Nazis. Can't believe we are still dealing with this shit. You would think some people in Europe would have learned.

I disagree, taking into consideration past human behavior it's pretty clear there are always people that never learn or get educated enough.

I strongly believe archaic thinking will take a long long time to dissipate.
 
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