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Neo-Nazi flyers found stuffed into East Vancouver mailboxes

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Residents of East Vancouver were surprised to discover Neo-Nazi flyers stuffed into their mailboxes recently.

The flyers feature a likeness to Adolf Hitler and an advertisement for a documentary promising to tell the real truth about Nazi Germany.

They were found in mailboxes in the East Vancouver neighbourhood of Collingwood.

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It’s not the first time racist flyers have been found in the Lower Mainland — they also showed up in Richmond, New Westminster and Abbotsford.

“There are a variety of white supremacist groups organizing in Metro Vancouver,” said Imtiaz Popat with the Coalition Against Bigotry Pacific.

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“It’s surprising we’re seeing this here in East Vancouver where a lot of large numbers of immigrant communities live.”

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