Published May 21, 2015
A mayor in eastern Germany has resigned after far-right protesters angry about plans to house asylum seekers in the village threatened to march on his house.
Markus Nierth says he stepped down as mayor of Troeglitz in Saxony-Anhalt, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Berlin, because local authorities refused to ban the march.
In a Facebook post, Nierth says he wasn't prepared to expose his children to the sight of armed police outside their window, and "racist and hate-filled chants."
Saxony-Anhalt's Interior Ministry said Monday that it opposed "all forms of xenophobia and racism," but didn't immediately comment on Nierth's resignation.
The far-right National Democratic Party, or NPD, which had organized previous protests against housing 50 refugees in Troeglitz, called off its planned march Sunday after Nierth resigned.
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