Anti-fascists clearly see big differences between the governments of today and the one in Nazi Germany, however it is easy to compare certain aspects of our societies to the situation in 1938.
Refugees have nowhere to turn to.
Violence against minorities is becoming commonplace, especially against Roma. The extreme right is gaining power in the democratic arena and anti-fascists and human rights activists are being criminalised. On 27 January all over Europe the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp is commemorated. It was typical for fascism to divide citizens into categories. Minorities were separated from the rest of society and were blamed for everything that had gone wrong in society.