Facebook has pulled down a video of far-right Maltese activist Norman Lowell recording his “spiritual and political pilgrimage” to the German town of Berchtesgaden, the hometown of Adolf Hitler. 

In the video, which was liked by at least 68 people, Lowell visited a beer hall famed for Hitler’s failed Nazi coup in the 1920s, ate at one of Hitler’s favourite restaurants, peered at the mountain views enjoyed by Hitler, and even used with a bust of the Führer.  

He made his political views crystal clear – describing Hitler as his hero, urging white people to rise up, and calling on Europe to extend its borders to Vladivostok, Canada and Argentina.  

However, it was reported to Facebook by a user in Sweden and it did not take long for the social media giant to get back to him. 

Facebook’s translated message reads: 

“You have anonymously reported Norman Lowell’s video for hateful content. We have reviewed the video, found out it violates our community rules, and removed it. Thank you for your request. We have informed Norman Lowell that the video has been removed, but we have not specified who has reported it.”

Norman Lowell has pledged his small far-right party Imperium Europa will contest the 2019 European Parliament elections.

“Thefts and knife attacks are being reported by the media every day,” he said on Monday. “This is the kind of integration which the EPP and S&D [the two largest European Parliament political groups] keep funding NGOs to promote among you.”

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