German mayor bars eugenics lawyer

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The mayor of a small German town has appealed to its people to buy shares in a hotel to prevent its purchase by a lawyer with an interest in eugenics.

Jürgen Rieger, who has convictions for incitement to racial hatred and has defended leading neo-Nazis, wants to buy the hotel in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, for £2.3 million through his London--registered company.

The company, Wilhelm Tietjen Foundation for Fertilisation Ltd, which is funded by the estate of a Nazi party member of that name who died four years ago, aims to preserve the Nordic race through fertility projects and surrogate pregnancies.

Mr Rieger, 59, who is an admirer of the British fascist Oswald Moseley, wrote a book on the benefits of racial purity in which he outlined his ideals. He wrote of his dream to produce "white giants" and the importance of wiping out the "disastrous effects of bastardising races".