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"Revolution Chemnitz" is the name of a far-right terrorist group whose trial opens on Monday 30 September in Dresden, Germany. Their members who wanted to perpetrate attacks on foreigners and politicians were ready to strike when they were arrested a year ago, according to the prosecution. This trial once again highlights the danger of these neo-Nazi groups in eastern Germany as the past has already shown.
With our correspondent in Berlin, Pascal Thibaut
They wanted to attack the "parasites of the left", "Merkel's zombies", the "dictatorship of the media and its slaves" and more broadly put down democracy.
Eight men aged 21 to 32, with a long career in skinhead and neo-Nazi circles and strong criminal records had formed the group "Revolution Chemnitz" in September 2018.
The death of a young German in this city of Saxony and the accusations against refugees as well as the xenophobic scuffles that followed served as a breeding ground for this terrorist cell according to the prosecutor's office.
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Its members wanted to carry out an attack on October 3, 2018 in Berlin, the day of the German unit recalling the reunification of the country in 1990. The eight men are arrested two days before.
The public prosecutor's office is convinced that they had an extensive network and planned to obtain weapons to carry out attacks against foreigners or political opponents.
A profile reminiscent of the neo-Nazi terrorist cell NSU which, born also in the east of Germany, has raged for years killing a dozen people.
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