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David Duke: Former KKK grand wizard living in Austria

A former Ku Klux Klan boss who twice ran for US president has secretly set up home in Austria where he is running a birdwatching business.

David E Duke, who was once a KKK Grand Wizard, runs a business selling photographs of rare birds and other wildlife in a village near Salzburg.

The discovery has outraged his neighbours in Austria which has struggled to shake off the scourge of a new wave of far right politicians.

Mr Duke, who has previously denied Adolf Hitler used gas chambers in the holocaust, has rented a house by the Zeller lake near the city.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)