WEST GERMANY: Resurgence on the Right

Inspired by leftist radicals, neo-Nazis become more active

Beer mugs in hand, a dozen men relaxed together in an isolated forest clearing. The uniforms they wore were disturbingly familiar: brown shirts, black breeches, high black boots; the swastika motif on their red, black and white armbands was repeated on flags massed behind them. Then, standing at attention, the men thrust their arms upward in a Heil, Hitler salute. Armed with rifles, they goose-stepped through a military drill.

Old newsreel footage from Hitler's heyday? A movie or television drama about the Third Reich?...

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