New Far-Right Protests Over Berlin Asylum Seeker Shelter
A new shelter for asylum seekers in Berlin was once again the subject of protests by right-wing extremists, who were outnumbered by counter-protestors. The demonstrations passed off peacefully, but the...
View ArticleTurkish Community Alleges Institutional Racism in Murder Probe
The Turkish Community in Germany has published a report responding to a series of racist murders authorities failed to detect for years. The paper is intended to complement recommendations put forward...
View ArticleAsylum Seekers: Alternative Housing Approach in Leverkusen a Success
New shelters for asylum seekers in Germany often face protests from local residents or from right-wing groups. But an alternative housing model that gives families their own flats has proven effective...
View ArticlePavlos Fyssas Murder: Greeks Protest Rise of Far Right Golden Dawn
The alleged murder of a leftist rapper by a neo-Nazi has shocked Greece, where thousands have taken to the streets to protest the rise of the far-right Golden Dawn party. Athens says it is determined...
View ArticleNeo Nazi NSU Terrorists May Have Targeted Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
In 2002, the neo-Nazi terrorist group the NSU, which murdered 10 people between 2000 and 2006, made a photo montage of then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. It showed the politician wearing a Star of David...
View ArticleAnti Immigrant Riots in Moscow Highlight Tensions
Moscow authorities are apprehensive following anti-immigrant riots in a southern suburb on Sunday night. And though neo-Nazis continue to stir xenophobic sentiments, it's clear that the Kremlin has...
View ArticleViolent Right Wing Extremists Team Up with Football Hooligans
Football is increasingly becoming a platform for right-wing extremist violence across Germany. Alarmed sociologists and security experts warn of a new danger: a network of neo-Nazis and hooligans.
View ArticleMother of Neo-Nazi Terror Cell Member Offers Little Remorse
In two days of testimony this week, suspected terrorist killer Uwe Böhnhardt's mother expressed slight sympathy for the victims of her son's alleged crimes. She also thanked the sole survivor of the...
View ArticlePoliticians Make New Attempt to Ban Far Right NPD
A group of German lawyers and politicians is assembling a case that could make the far-right populist National Democratic Party history. But the German secret service's long history of infiltrating the...
View ArticleMother and Cousin in Court for German Neo Nazi Terror Trial
Neo-Nazi trial defendant Beate Zschäpe's mother and cousin were in court this week to cast light on the alleged terrorist cell member's past. Although her mother refused to testify, her cousin...
View ArticleGerman Police Develop App to Curb Neonazi Music
German police have developed a Shazam-like smartphone app that allows them to identify far-right rock songs by playing just a brief sample. It could make it harder for neo-Nazis to lure under-18s with...
View ArticleGermany Launches New Bid to Outlaw Far Right NPD Party
Germany launched a new push to outlaw the NPD party on Tuesday amid doubts whether the legal bid will succeed, and whether a ban would significantly curb the country's violent far-right scene. But if...
View ArticleGerman Police May Have to Sharply Revise Figures in Far Right Killings
German authorities may have to sharply revise statistics for the number of people killed by right-wing extremists since 1990. The official figure is around 60, but police combing through unsolved cases...
View ArticleNewspaper Claims High Rate of Convictions in German NPD Party
Around one-quarter of the leadership of Germany's extremist National Democratic Party has been convicted of a crime, according to a newspaper report. The news could add fuel to the national debate over...
View ArticleGerman Universities Unsure How to Deal With Neo-Nazi Students
Universities in Germany are unsure of how to deal with neo-Nazi students. Should they expose, expel or just ignore them? The name-and-shame approach used by anti-Nazi activists in recent incidents has...
View ArticleFormer Neo-Nazi Informant Sheds New Light on NSU Murders
For years, Michael von Dolsperg provided German intelligence with information from the neo-Nazi scene. But when the NSU terror trio came to light, his file was shredded. Why? Could details he provided...
View ArticleIslamophobic Hate Groups Become More Prominent in Germany
Across Germany, right-wing organizations are using anti-Islam rhetoric to further their ideas -- and finding a receptive audience. Now legal experts are debating whether it's time for a new kind of...
View ArticleIndirect Berlin Support for Ukrainian Right Wing Extremists Svoboda
Germany shuns the right-wing extremist party NPD at home. But even though the Ukrainian nationalist party Svoboda maintains tight links to the NPD, it has received indirect support from Berlin.
View ArticleA Hungarian Right-Wing Extremist Explores His Jewish Roots
Csanád Szegedi was a prominent right-wing extremist in Hungary until he discovered his own Jewish roots in 2012. Since then, he has undergone a radical reinvention and is even learning Hebrew. His...
View Article
