JTA NEWS: Counterprotesters in Prague shout down a neo-Nazi rally

Neo-Nazis rally on Oct. 28 in front of the German embassy in Prague to protest Germany´s incarceration of Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel. Holidays in the Czech Republic are a time for getting away to the country with the family. But 150 Prague residents, including many well-known Czech personalities, sacrificed last Friday, Czechoslovak Independence Day, to rally against a neo-Nazi demonstration. Some 60 neo-Nazis gathered in front of the German Embassy to protest the incarceration in Germany of Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel, deported from Canada to his native Germany in March and charged with inciting hatred by sending materials over the Internet. siehe auch: No incident during neo-Nazi demonstration in support of Zuendel. Some 70 neo-Nazis called for the release of Ernst Zuendel, who denies the Holocaust, from German prison in front of the German Embassy today, police spokeswoman Eva Miklikova told CTK, adding that the protest ended after a few hours without any incident, Neonazis demonstrieren in Prag gegen Zündel-Prozess. In Prag haben am 28. Oktober, dem tschechischen Nationalfeiertag, etwa 50 Neonazis vor der deutschen Botschaft gegen den bevorstehenden Zündel-Prozess demonstriert.