https://freerepublic.com/tag/klezmer/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:54:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286195/posts BERLIN (JTA) -- A Dresden politician was fined for playing loud klezmer music outside City Hall to disturb a neo-Nazi march. Stephan Kuhn of the Green Party was ordered Wednesday to pay a $210 fine, which will benefit an organization that helps victims of right-wing violence. Neo-Nazis held a commemorative march on Feb.13, 2008, on the anniversary of the World War II firebombing of Dresden by Allied forces, which right-wing extremists have taken to calling the "bombing Holocaust." In protest, Kuhn blasted the music at the neo-Nazis from the windows of the Green Party parliamentary fraction offices. According to the... JTA https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286195/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:54:15 GMT