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Published Date: 26 June 2009
GERMANY'S highest court has upheld a ban on three words appearing in sequence because of their link to the Horst Wessel song, a former anthem of the Nazi party.
The court in Karlsruhe yesterday rejected an appeal by a member of a far-right party who was fined 1,750 for wearing a T-shirt carrying the words "die Fahnen hoch" or "the flags on high".


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  • Last Updated: 25 June 2009 11:24 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
 
 


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