Thwarted in Germany, Neo-Nazis Take Fascism to France
The New York Times
August 13, 2004
By CRAIG S. SMITH
HIPSHEIM, France – Luis Branco, an artist in this small Alsatian village, first realized something was unusual about the young Germans partying at the local community hall two weeks ago when a conversation with one of them took a mildly racist turn.
Then the man shot his arm forward in a Nazi salute and declared, “Ich Allemagne,” an awkward mix of German and French that translates literally as, “I, Germany,” before rejoining as many as 400 skinheads dancing to heavy metal music nearby.