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Residents Shocked When 800 Neo-Nazis Invade Town for 'Music Festival'

A British village expecting a scooter and music festival found itself invaded by more than 800 neo-Nazis instead.

Racist skinheads from across Britain, Germany and Eastern Europe arrived draped in swastika flags.

Wearing leather jackets and army boots, they stomped through the streets chanting: "Sieg Heil, Sieg Heil," a Nazi WWII chant meaning "hail victory."

Horrified locals watched as the beer and whisky-drinking supremacists urinated over cars and threatened anyone who dared intervene.

Sarah Gooding — who filmed the mob — told how her family fled their cottage in terror.

"It was like a miniature Nuremberg rally," Gooding, 39, said. "I ran inside, burst into tears and said to my husband, 'We've got to go, I don't feel safe.' Our daughters were really, really frightened. They were in tears as we were packing our bag to flee."
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