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Thursday, 9 November, 2000, 22:50 GMT

In pictures: German rally

An anti-racist march through Berlin on Thursday attracted 200,000 people - twice as many as expected. The date, 9 November, has historical significance as the anniversary of a Nazi pogrom against the Jews in 1938.

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Berlin Jewish leader Rabbi Ehrenburg, Johannes Rau and Chancellor Schroeder

Demonstrators with anti-nazi flag

Demonstrators hold the logo of the march

Rabbi reads Kaddish at former death camp

Chancellor Schroeder and Doris Schroeder-Koepf

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