NewsFromRussia.Com Germany faces neo-Nazi culture upbeat

The Neo-Nazi music scene in Germany is heating up, as reflected by an increase in both the number of concerts held and recordings made, German authorities report. The fact that extremist groups deliberately keep a low profile makes exact figures difficult to come by, "but experts assume that they are decidedly on the rise," said Winfriede Schreiber, who heads the Office for Protection of the Constitution in Brandenburg state. Through the end of October, she said in Brandenburg alone, authorities have registered 729 violations of German anti-propaganda laws - which bar the distribution of hate speech in all forms, including music CDs - up 160 from the same period last year.