At a demonstration against a march of the far-right NPD, there were two wounded on Saturday in Duisburg. In other cities of Germany, the counter-demonstrations were orderly and peaceful.

As announced, the police, were injured on Saturday in Duisburg, a man and a woman who took part in protests against a parade of the NPD. The two came to a hospital. About the nature and severity of injuries, the police gave no details. The chronology of the events initially remained unclear. Several people are said to have ignited firecrackers. With the arrest of a man, it was then to come confrontations with the police. "According to entries in the Internet network," Twitter is the wife of police officers in the encirclement linksautonomer counterdemonstrators have been violated.

A total of 600 people followed a call by the Association of Victims of the Nazi regime and protested against the march of neo-Nazis, were counted in the 70 participants. More counter-demonstrations and protests against the parade of right-wing extremists had been planned to Saturday evening. The neo-Nazis had called for a rally against Islam.

Already at the start of the counter-demonstrations had occurred, according to police in Duisburg, an incident. Individual counterdemonstrators tried to break through a police barrier. Three persons were taken into custody.

                                                          "Street democracy"

On Sunday 28 March, the NPD wants to demonstrate again in Duisburg. Remember the morning is an elevator at Merkez Mosque in the district Marxloh. There will take place at the same time also against the Muslims in Germany, directed demonstration of the party's right ProNRW. The police expect thousands of counterdemonstrators and prepares therefore preparing for a major operation. In Gelsenkirchen, 350 people walked peacefully on Saturday against a ProNRW party conference on the street.

Also in Neuruppin and Lübeck was posted on Saturday demonstrated against marches by right-wing extremists are more than 3000 people came together in peaceful actions and Stern marches.

In Neuruppin, where some 250 right-wing extremists were planning a march through the city, 2,000 people came together to form a "street democracy". The initiative "is colorful Neuruppin" had called for. Vice-President of the Bundestag Petra Pau said (The Left), the Weimar Republic had not failed because there were too many Nazis, but that had too few Democrats made against them. "This doctrine has" internalized Neuruppin, "said Pau.

In Lübeck, more than 1,000 people protesting against a rally to commemorate the bombing of Lübeck in World War II, to a call by the far-right NPD. At the counter-action had been called among other churches, trade unions and political parties.