'We are the firewall!'
Another demonstration against the far-right set for Saturday, February 3
Last weekend, more than a million Germans in cities and towns across the country took to the streets in protest against a resurgence of right-wing extremism.
According to the Berlin police, more than 100,000 people - organizers claim the total was closer to 350,000 - gathered on Sunday in front of the Bundestag, the home of the national parliament. Officials in Munich said 200,000 people turned out for the demonstration there, with 35,000 counted in Frankfurt.
Large gatherings were not limited to the major cities, either. Over the course of the whole weekend, crowds numbering in the tens of thousands turned up in cities and towns all over the country. According to DW:
On Friday, a massive rally in Hamburg had to be stopped early as far more people than expected turned out. The largest protest of its sort so far, police said there were 50,000 people and organizers put the number 80,000, pointing out that the rally was called to a close before many were able to reach it.
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