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Photo Gallery Moving Beyond Hate

The eastern German town of Hoyerswerda became a symbol of post-communist xenophobia. With a lack of doctors, the community is now courting foreign workers and seeking to reinvent itself. Can that work in a city with such a tainted past?
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In this archive photo, police are seen during the xenophobic riots that took place in the city in September 1991. Hoyerswerda has never recovered from the events of the time and its population continues to shrink today.

Foto: Zentralbild/ dpa
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Foreigners from Africa can be seen here on Sept. 23, 1991 preparing to evacuate the city. Locals cursed and clapped as they were taken away, saying they wanted Hoyerswerda to be "free of foreigners".

Foto:

Thomas Lehmann/ dpa

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Vietnamese workers hold up a banner reading, "Why do you hate us? SOS!" in this image taken on Sept. 25, 1991.

Foto: Thomas Lehmann/ dpa
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Some called the riots the worst episode in Germany history since Hitler's Kristallnacht pogroms against the Jews in 1938. An African worker is seen here peering out a window. With its experiment with foreign workers, Hoyerswerda is now hoping to burnish its badly tarnished image. Can it work?

Foto: Zentralbild/ dpa
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