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Burning Point - Fascism RevisitedYekaterina Kudashkina and Ian SumterBrief:Today we are looking into the issue of Nazism. 68 years ago the Nazi armies of Europe were defeated and the Nazi Government of Germany was overthrown. A long occupation and de-Nazification of the country was accompanied by an international resolve to pass new laws and create new institutions to ensure that such a phenomenon would never return. However, in recent years openly far-right and Nazi-oriented groups have arisen across Europe.How serious a threat do they represent? Why have they come back to life now? And are there the lessons from history being forgotten?We are discussing these and other issues with our guest speakers Ammon Cheskin of the University of Glasgow, Dr Aurélien Mondon, lecturer in French Studies at the University of Bath, Fabian Virchow - NYU Global Scholars Program Visitor Professor.Read more: http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/25298789/215216456/