Supporters of Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party
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Greek doctor arrested for 'Jews not welcome' sign
Police in northern Greece detain 57-year-old neurologist for inciting racial hatred, weapons possession. Man acknowledges he is a member of extreme right Golden Dawn party.
Police in northern Greece say a 57-year-old neurologist has been arrested for inciting racial hatred and weapons possession.
The doctor, who has not been named, has acknowledged he is a member of the extreme right Golden Dawn party.
Neo-Nazi Awakening
Jewish community of Thessaloniki is certainly feeling trecession, as it warily eyes neo-Nazi party, which has won seats in Parliament
Police intervened when informed that the doctor had put a plaque outside his office which said, in German, "Jews Not Welcome."
A search at the doctor's house retrieved 12 knives and three daggers, two inscribed with Nazi symbols, as well as pills without a prescription.
Golden Dawn, a formerly marginal Nazi-inspired party, entered Greek parliament at the last election in 2012 on an anti-immigrant platform.
About 95% of Thessaloniki's almost 50,000-strong Jewish community at the start of the German World War II occupation perished in extermination camps.
