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| Beer hall where Hitler spoke ordered to host anti-immigrant party event | Beer hall where Hitler spoke ordered to host anti-immigrant party event |
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| A Munich court has ordered the owner of a beer hall where Adolf Hitler is thought to have made his first political speech to allow the anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) to hold an event there. | A Munich court has ordered the owner of a beer hall where Adolf Hitler is thought to have made his first political speech to allow the anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) to hold an event there. |
| The AfD, whose events often attract protests, had reserved the Hofbräukeller in the Bavarian city for Friday, where its supporters will hear a speech by the party leader, Frauke Petry. | The AfD, whose events often attract protests, had reserved the Hofbräukeller in the Bavarian city for Friday, where its supporters will hear a speech by the party leader, Frauke Petry. |
| But fearing anti-AfD demonstrations outside the venue, the hall’s owner, Rickey Steinberg, cancelled the event. | But fearing anti-AfD demonstrations outside the venue, the hall’s owner, Rickey Steinberg, cancelled the event. |
| The district court said it had ordered Steinberg to honour the contract signed with the AfD and allow the event to go ahead. | The district court said it had ordered Steinberg to honour the contract signed with the AfD and allow the event to go ahead. |
| “I am obviously very sad that the judge doesn’t see our security concerns,” Steinberg was quoted as saying by German media. He will not appeal against the decision. | “I am obviously very sad that the judge doesn’t see our security concerns,” Steinberg was quoted as saying by German media. He will not appeal against the decision. |
| This month police in Stuttgart detained about 500 leftwing protesters who tried to break up the AfD’s first full conference, where party members backed an election manifesto that says Islam is not compatible with the constitution. | This month police in Stuttgart detained about 500 leftwing protesters who tried to break up the AfD’s first full conference, where party members backed an election manifesto that says Islam is not compatible with the constitution. |
| The arrival of the more than a million migrants in Germany last year has fuelled the rise of the AfD, which entered three state parliaments in elections in March. | The arrival of the more than a million migrants in Germany last year has fuelled the rise of the AfD, which entered three state parliaments in elections in March. |
| The party, which is represented in the assemblies of half of the country’s 16 states, wants to ban minarets and the burqa. | The party, which is represented in the assemblies of half of the country’s 16 states, wants to ban minarets and the burqa. |