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Hoyerswerda (hoi'ərsvĕr`dä), city (1994 pop. 60,890), Saxony, SE Germany, on the Black Elster River; chartered 1371. Located in a lignite-mining area, it is an industrial city, manufacturing glass, bricks, and other products. Economic decline after German reunification has resulted in a significant population drop; Hoyerswerda was once a city of 75,000. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The scandalous implications of the incidents at Hoyerswerda, Rostock, and elsewhere had a disturbing impact on the nation s liberal self-image, despite attempts by the media to minimize the events as acts by individuals. As Schmidt escorts us through Hoyerswerda, Rostock, Molln, Solingen, and other German cities recently scarred by hate, it becomes increasingly evident that the epidemic of violence engulfing the Fatherland cannot be passed off simply as a case of racist hormones run amok among restless youth, a kind of neo-Nazi wilding. As Schmidt escorts us through Hoyerswerda, Rostock, Molln, Solingen, and other German cities recently scarred by hate, it becomes increasingly evident that the epidemic of violence engulfing the Fatherland cannot be passed off simply as a case of racist hormones run amok among restless youth, a kind of neo-Nazi wilding. |
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