Wismar, Germany News

A new documentary is shining light on Germany's neo-Nazi music scene and the role it plays in cultivating a violent far-right subculture.

Not the most reassuring words from my German companion, Horst Krumpen, the Chairman of the Network for Democracy, Tolerance, and Humanity in the neighbouring town of Wismar.

The mural is 2 meters high, several meters long, and looks as if it came straight from a 1935 German schoolbook: a young family in farmer's clothes, the mother cradling a baby, the father putting his arm protectively around his older son's shoulders.

Berlin & Amsterdam, November 29, 2011 - As Germany prepares for a major expansion of offshore wind to replace nuclear power, companies like French giant Areva and US-based General Electric have flocked to the German coastlines.