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Horst Mahler, one of Germany’s most prominent neo-Nazis, is dead at 89

JL;DR SUMMARY Horst Mahler, one of Germany's most notorious antisemitic figures, has died at 89. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GermanyHolocaust DenialExtremismFar RightNeo NazismLawFar LeftHorst MahlerRed Army Faction

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Berlin, Germany
"Horst Mahler, who founded the German left-wing terrorist group Red Army Faction in 1970 and later championed neo-Nazis, died in a Berlin hospital on Sunday, according to his attorney, Jan Dollwetzel."
Poland
"Mahler was born in 1936 in what is now Poland."
Hungary
"Soon afterward, wanted by the authorities, Mahler fled to Hungary and appealed to Prime Minister Viktor Orban for asylum in a public letter and video, referring to him as the Fhrer of the Hungarian Nation."

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