Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Racism and xenophobia are, unfortunately, everywhere. However, one woman is turning this into this. Meet Germany's hate destroyer. In Germany, former teacher Irmela Mensah-Schramm has made it her life mission to remove any neo-Nazi stickers and graffiti around her country. It's no easy feat though. "No." And how does one arm oneself for a war against street hate? "I do this with a scraper, nail polish remover or I use color spray." Irmela's been covering, removing and obscuring these messages since the eighties. She keeps a record of everything she's wiped out, all over her country. "Since January 3, 2007, I have removed over 77,500 stickers." Every day, except for Sundays. Irmela packs her bags and heads off to the streets. Sometimes she nails a big one, like this heart. It used to be a swastika. Other times, it's small, but even the crudest message doesn't slip by. "My school education was unfortunately shaped in a way that we weren't exposed to much Nazi history." "It was a taboo subject." "And when I visited a concentration camp for the first time, it really gave me the shock of a lifetime." "I must do something so that the past does not repeat itself." And as long as there's hate in this world; Irmela will be there, can in hand. "I have to be honest, when I come home after, knowing that I am able to remove all these things, then I feel good again."
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