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Germans caught celebrating Oktoberfest with Nazi salutes (www.jpost.com)

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Performing Nazi salutes has been illegal in Germany and Austria since the end of World War II and is punishable by law with prison time.

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[–] ValiantDust@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, tourists sometimes think it would be funny. But this did not happen at the Oktoberfest in Munich. It was an Oktoberfest in a village in Saxony with about 2500 inhabitants (actually a collection of several villages). I would bet the chances of tourists being present are very close to zero.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Some people visit Saxony. Cool castles, Dresden... yeah Ok probably not tourists.