A small town has taken co-ordinated action as a "beer ban" emerges as a new tool against a flare up in Nazi ideaology in Germany.
Ostritz, near the Polish border, has been affiliated with far-right activism before - something locals were appalled by and were determined to correct, reports the BBC.
Five hundred to six hundred Neo-Nazis attended the right-wing Schild und Schwert ("Shield and Sword" or "SS") rock music festival, compared with 1,200 last year.
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They were met with a sober welcome as police had seized 4,400 litres of beer in Ostritz over the weekend after a court-ordered beer ban.