Jamel is a German village in the

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Gägelow Gägelow is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Geography Hamlets of Gägelow Jamel Jamel, one of the hamlets in Gägelow, has become infamous because it is ruled by neo-Nazis. Coat of arms ...

, in the

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district,

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History

According to the ', the village was first mentioned in 1230 as Jazel. On 1 July 1950, it merged with Wolde, as autonomous municipality, in the new one of , merged in 1961 into the current municipality of Gägelow.

Geography

Jamel is located at the end of a secondary road departing from the , between

( far, in the east) and

Grevesmühlen Grevesmühlen () is a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. It was the seat of the Nordwestmecklenburg district until 2011, when Wismar became the seat. It is situated 33 km east of Lübeck, and 29 km northwest of Sch ...

( far in the west). It is from

Wismar Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...

, from

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and from

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Extremism

, the village of about 35 people has been heavily populated by

German neo-Nazis Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and racial supremacy (often white supremacy), attack ...

and other far-right extremists who are mostly members or voters of the

National Democratic Party of Germany The National Democratic Party of Germany (german: Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands or NPD) is a far-right Neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 1964 as successor to the German Reich Party ...

. NPD member Sven Krüger lives there after his release in 2016 from prison for illegal weapon possession. Properties in the village are being rented to other NPD sympathizers. A signpost near the main road pointed to

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, and to the birthplace of

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. In April 2011, the

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confirmed the order of the head official of ''Amt'' Grevesmühlen-Land, that the sign corresponds to the definition of ''

Volksverhetzung , in English "incitement to hatred" (used also in the official English translation of the German Criminal Code), "incitement of popular hatred", "incitement of the masses", or "instigation of the people", is a concept in German criminal law that ...

'' (hate crime) and had to be removed. , the sign was still displayed, albeit on private property. There is also a playground with a life rune (the Nordic symbol for fertility and life, commonly used by Neo-Nazis) on a tree trunk.

References

External links

''Life in a Neo-Nazi Village''
video article from ''

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''
''Neo-Nazis Take Over German Village''
on ''

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History

Geography

Extremism

See also

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