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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - JANUARY 30: A picture of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the empty stage of Legida, the local movement inspired by Pegida in Dresden, are seen on January 30, 2015 in Leipzig, Germany. Leaders of Pegida, which stands for 'Patriotische Europaeer Gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes' and translates to 'Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamification of the West,' have distanced themselves from Legida in the face of an obvious and heavy neo-Nazi influence amongst many Legida followers. Pegida seeks to reform Germany's system for accepting immigrants and refugees, and though it gained strong support for its weekly Dresden gatherings, recently the numbers of demonstrators have dropped and its speaker, Kathrin Oertel, has quit. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

LEIPZIG, GERMANY - JANUARY 30: A picture of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the empty stage of Legida, the local movement inspired by Pegida in Dresden, are seen on January 30, 2015 in Leipzig, Germany. Leaders of Pegida, which stands for 'Patriotische Europaeer Gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes' and translates to 'Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamification of the West,' have distanced themselves from Legida in the face of an obvious and heavy neo-Nazi influence amongst many Legida followers. Pegida seeks to reform Germany's system for accepting immigrants and refugees, and though it gained strong support for its weekly Dresden gatherings, recently the numbers of demonstrators have dropped and its speaker, Kathrin Oertel, has quit. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)
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DRESDEN, GERMANY - MAY 04: Peter W. (R), former member of the outlawed neo-Nazi group Sturm 34, arrives for the reopening of the trial against him and four associates on May 4, 2012 in Dresden, Germany. The five are back in court to face charges of creating a criminal organization after a federal court ruled that Sturm 34 was indeed a criminal organization. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

DRESDEN, GERMANY - MAY 04: Peter W. (R), former member of the outlawed neo-Nazi group Sturm 34, arrives for the reopening of the trial against him and four associates on May 4, 2012 in Dresden, Germany. The five are back in court to face charges of creating a criminal organization after a federal court ruled that Sturm 34 was indeed a criminal organization. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - JANUARY 11: Supporters of the right-wing populist group Pegida march on the first anniversary of its Leipzig affiliate, called Legida, on January 11, 2016 in Leipzig, Germany. Pegida and other right-wing activists have been quick to latch on to the New Year's Eve sex attacks in Cologne. Over 100 women have filed charges of sexual molestation, robbery and in two cases, rape, stemming from aggressive groping and other behavior by gangs of drunken men described as Arab or North African at Hauptbahnhof on New Year's Eve. Police have recently stated that at least some of the men identified so far are refugees, which is feeding the propaganda of right-wing groups opposed to Germany's open-door refugee policy. Germany took in approximately 1.1 million migrants and refugees in 2015. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

LEIPZIG, GERMANY - JANUARY 11: Supporters of the right-wing populist group Pegida march on the first anniversary of its Leipzig affiliate, called Legida, on January 11, 2016 in Leipzig, Germany. Pegida and other right-wing activists have been quick to latch on to the New Year's Eve sex attacks in Cologne. Over 100 women have filed charges of sexual molestation, robbery and in two cases, rape, stemming from aggressive groping and other behavior by gangs of drunken men described as Arab or North African at Hauptbahnhof on New Year's Eve. Police have recently stated that at least some of the men identified so far are refugees, which is feeding the propaganda of right-wing groups opposed to Germany's open-door refugee policy. Germany took in approximately 1.1 million migrants and refugees in 2015. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)
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FREITAL, GERMANY - APRIL 19: A sign marks the city limits on April 19, 2016 in Freital, Germany. German police announced earlier today that they conducted a series of raids in Freital and arrested four men and one woman they accuse of belonging to a right-wing group responsible for a series of attacks on refugee shelters and a car-bomb attack on a local politician. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images)

FREITAL, GERMANY - APRIL 19: A sign marks the city limits on April 19, 2016 in Freital, Germany. German police announced earlier today that they conducted a series of raids in Freital and arrested four men and one woman they accuse of belonging to a right-wing group responsible for a series of attacks on refugee shelters and a car-bomb attack on a local politician. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 19: Pro-Pegida activists, who in Berlin call themselves "Baergida," hold up German flags as they demonstrate against the Islamization of Germany and other woes on January 19, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Pegida is an acronym for 'Patriotische Europaeer Gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes,' which translates to 'Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamification of the West,' and has quickly gained mass appeal in some German cities, mainly in Dresden, by demanding a more restrictive policy on Germany's acceptance of foreign refugees and asylum seekers. Today's weekly march in Dresden was cancelled due to a terror alert, according to police from Islamic extremists, but Pegida gatherings took place tonight in approximately a dozen other German cities. In most, as in Berlin, only a few hundred pro-Pegida activists turned out and were strongly outnumbered by counter-demonstrators. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 19: Pro-Pegida activists, who in Berlin call themselves "Baergida," hold up German flags as they demonstrate against the Islamization of Germany and other woes on January 19, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Pegida is an acronym for 'Patriotische Europaeer Gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes,' which translates to 'Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamification of the West,' and has quickly gained mass appeal in some German cities, mainly in Dresden, by demanding a more restrictive policy on Germany's acceptance of foreign refugees and asylum seekers. Today's weekly march in Dresden was cancelled due to a terror alert, according to police from Islamic extremists, but Pegida gatherings took place tonight in approximately a dozen other German cities. In most, as in Berlin, only a few hundred pro-Pegida activists turned out and were strongly outnumbered by counter-demonstrators. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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