Udo Pastoers, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern chief of the far-right German NPD, has been charged with inciting racial hatred.
During a February speech in Saarbruecken, Pastoers derided Germany as a "Judenrepublik" - or Jews' Republic - and described the country as "USrael's" puppet.
Pastoers has also targeted Turks - Germany's largest minority group. He warned that the Turkish birth rate threatens Germany. In a crude reference to Turkish reproduction he used the graphic term "semen canons" in an effort to get his point across.
State prosecutors in the southwestern city of Saarbruecken laid the charges against Pastoers. His case could make it to court before the end of the year. If convicted he could face up to four years in prison.
There has been an increase in support for the far-right in Germany - mainly in the east. In Dresden earlier this year, upwards of 8,000 neo-Nazis showed up to mark the 64th anniversary of the Allied bombing of the city - link here for photos.
Neo-Nazis marching in Dresden
Pastoers' fascist connections aren't restricted to Germany. He is known to have had connections with a Chilean community known as Colonia Dignidad.
The colony was founded in 1961 by an ex-Nazi named Paul Schäfer who was on the run from child abuse charges in Germany. In 2006 Schäfer was sentenced to 25 years for sexually abusing 25 children.
Nazi concentration camp doctor, Josef Mengele, is believed to have spent time at the colony.
Paul Schäfer
Paul Schäfer was an associate of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Investigations by Amnesty International confirmed that during the Pinochet years Colonia Dignidad was used as a detention and torture center by the Chilean secret police (DINA).
Udo Pastoers visited Colonia Dignidad twice and met with Schäfer's security chief, Gerhard Mücke. He had this to say about his visit: 'I met people who are proud and happy. I learned a lot there, very much. When everyone works you can establish a civilized society.'
Udo Pastoers' twisted admiration for the Nazis is best illustrated by comments he made about Rudolf Hess. the deputy to Adolf Hitler. He described Hess as "an absolute idealist" comparable with Mahatma Gandhi.
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