Shield And Sword

Schild und Schwert (Shield and Sword) is a Neo-Nazi rock music festival held in Germany to celebrate the birthday of Adolf Hitler.[1] The festival is organized by ultra-nationalist political group, the National Democratic Party (NPD). The event is held in Ostritz in Eastern Saxony. The festival is attended by far-right extremists from Germany and neighbouring countries.

Shield And Sword
GenreWhite metal
DatesThree days, starting from Friday
Location(s)Ostritz, Saxony, Germany
Years active2018 - present
Founded byThorsten Heise and Peter Richter

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesverfassungsschutz) mentioned, that "Schild und Schwert - the festival has particular importance for the sub-cultural right-wing extremist scene".[2] In 2018 for the first time, the Neo-fascist MMA martial art scene and the music scene were united at the festival by the MMA event "Kampf der Nibelungen".

2018

In 2018 the NPD activist Thorsten Heise and NPD-lawyer Peter Richter organized Shield and Sword. They combined it with the Nazi MMA event, "Kampf der Nibelungen". The music line-up included white metal bands like, "Die Lunikoff-Verschwörung" ,which was founded by the former Landser-singer Michael Regener, "Kategorie C", "Amok" from Switzerland, "Oidoxie" from Dortmund[3] and others. Nearly every band has a connection to Blood & Honour“.[4][5]

2019

In 2019 the festival had 500 to 600 attendees according to the police. 1,400 police officers from several states from Germany and from Poland had been there. The city of Ostritz prohibited any alcohol at the festival.[6]

2020

In 2020 the festival was postponed and then cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

References
  1. "German neo-Nazis are trying to go mainstream with MMA and music festivals".
  2. "Rechtsextremismus". BundesamtfuerVerfassungsschutz (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  3. "Rechtsterroristische Allianzen" (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  4. "Ostritz: Rechtsextremes Stelldichein im Schatten von "Blood & Honour"". LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  5. "Wie das "Schild und Schwert"-Festival die Neonazi-Szene vereinen wollte". www.vice.com (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  6. "Ostritz: Bundespolizist trug fragwürdige Symbole auf Uniform". Der Spiegel (in German). 2019-06-23. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  7. ""Schild und Schwert" in Ostritz fällt aus: Braunes Festival endgültig abgesagt". TAG24 (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-07.
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