Prague officials have banned a march by the neo-Nazi Young National Democrats who planned to parade through the city's Jewish quarter the day after the anniversary of Kristallnacht, when Nazis terrorized Jews and burned down synagogues 69 years ago.

City officials, responding to pleas by Jews to cancel the event, stated that the planned march would lead to incitement and further hatred of Jews. Prague leaders originally said that they could not stop the march because a court overturned a ban on a similar march last year.