Germany's new breed of neo-Nazis pose a threat

Regardless of the nation, the Nazi attitude and approach to politics and life is not dead. And that includes modern Germany.

BBC News - Germany's new breed of neo-Nazis pose a threat:

There is a growing collection of secretive far-right groups in Germany which call themselves the "Free Forces".Intelligence services say this is the fastest-spreading section of Germany's far-right movement.They say the cliche of the neo-Nazi being a boot-wearing, young, unemployed male skinhead is out of date. Nowadays you cannot always tell who is a neo-Nazi and who is not. 

The Free Forces are attracting a new crowd, including students and middle-class professionals. Germans speak of a new generation of Kravattennazis, literally "Tie Nazis", as opposed to the traditional Stiefelnazis, or "Boot Nazis".

Nazis in Brazil - a Google Search

Nazis in Brazil - 

Here is a timeline developed by Google. Highlights include:

• 1938 - Nazi attempts to win in Brazil
• 1939 - Nazis plan barter deal with Brazil
• 1940 - Nazi agents bring pressure in Brazil
• 1941 - Wendell Willkie warned of serious trouble for this country 
• 1943 - Papacy, says Haaretz, was a center for Nazi espionage
• 1945 - Msgr. Costa assisted Nazis to find refute in Brazil
• 1967 - Franz Paul Strangl, third most wanted Nazi war criminal, arrested in Sao Paulo
• 1985 - Dr. Josef Mengele may have lived for 20 yrs. in Brazil until his death
• 1997 - Banco de Brasil, San Paulo, contained huge Nazi fortune. 

There are many other indications that neo-Nazism remains a threat in Brazil. In May, 2009 Brazil's federal police thwarted a neo-Nazi plan to bomb two synagogues in Porto Alegre (http://bit.ly/eBeJt6).