Jamel
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Jamel is a tiny German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 village in the municipality
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...

 of Gägelow
Gägelow
Gägelow is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-Hamlets of Gägelow:-Jamel:Jamel, one of the hamlets in Gägelow, has become famous because it is ruled by neo-nazis.-External links:...

, in the Nordwestmecklenburg
Nordwestmecklenburg
Nordwestmecklenburg is a Kreis in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west...

 district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The village consists of ten houses.

History

According to Mecklenburg Urkundenbuch, the village was first mentioned in 1230 as Jamene. On 1 July 1950 it merged with Wolde, as autonomous municipality, in the new one of Gressow, merged in 1961 into the current municipality of Gägelow.

Geography

Jamel is located at the end of a secondary road departing from the Bundesstraße 105, between Gägelow
Gägelow
Gägelow is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-Hamlets of Gägelow:-Jamel:Jamel, one of the hamlets in Gägelow, has become famous because it is ruled by neo-nazis.-External links:...

 (7 km (4.3 mi) far, in the east) and Grevesmühlen
Grevesmühlen
Grevesmühlen is a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. It is the capital of the Nordwestmecklenburg district. It is situated 33 km east of Lübeck, and 29 km northwest of Schwerin.-History:...

 (11 km (6.8 mi) far in the west). It is 17 km (10.6 mi) far from Wismar
Wismar
Wismar , is a small port and Hanseatic League town in northern Germany on the Baltic Sea, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,about 45 km due east of Lübeck, and 30 km due north of Schwerin. Its natural harbour, located in the Bay of Wismar is well-protected by a promontory. The...

, 44 km (27.3 mi) from Schwerin
Schwerin
Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...

 and 60 km (37.3 mi) from Lübeck
Lübeck
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...

.

Far-right extremism

According to Der Spiegel
Der Spiegel
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, it is populated almost entirely by neo-Nazis and far-right extremists. A signpost near the main road pointed to Vienna
Vienna
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, Paris
Paris
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, and Braunau am Inn
Braunau am Inn
Braunau am Inn is a town in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria , the north-western state of Austria. It lies about 90 km west of Linz and about 60 km north of Salzburg, on the border with the German state of Bavaria. The population in 2001 was 16,372...

 — the birthplace of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...

. In April 2011 the administrative court
Administrative court
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 at Schwerin
Schwerin
Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...

 confirmed the order of the head official of Amt Grevesmühlen-Land
Grevesmühlen-Land
Grevesmühlen-Land is an Amt in the district of Nordwestmecklenburg, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Grevesmühlen, itself not part of the Amt.The Amt Grevesmühlen-Land consists of the following municipalities:...

, that the sign corresponds to the definition of Volksverhetzung
Volksverhetzung
Volksverhetzung is a concept in German criminal law that bans the incitement of hatred against a segment of the population. It often applies in, though it is not limited to, trials relating to Holocaust denial in Germany...

(hate crime) and has to be removed.
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