Demonstrators prevent neo-Nazi march in Prague

According to Ulrich Schmid, the counter-demonstration proves there is such a thing as a "Czech civil society" and people "who are willing to take to the streets to fight for democracy, the rule of law and the protection of minorities without pressure from the state... Numerous tourists spontaneously expressed solidarity with the participants in the demonstration. There was a family from Barcelona standing next to a family from Milan, bags brimming with the ubiquitous Bohemian glass souvenirs, shouting anti-Nazi slogans. ... The mood remained relaxed and peaceful until the neo-Nazis arrived. Israeli flags were waved and many wore the yellow star with the word 'Jude' ('Jew' in German) on their jackets. This was an act of solidarity of which most approved, but which an old Hungarian Jew who survived the Nazi terror as a child described as 'rather cheap'. ... Never have the neo-Nazis felt so isolated."

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