Neo-Nazism
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Germany: The real trial of the NSU is yet to come
7 May 20132046 Die Welt Berlin -
Greece: 21st century Nazis
30 August 20122308160 The Independent London -
Germany: Neo-Nazis - just another Ossi story?
18 November 20113534 Der Freitag Berlin -
Germany: Fear of a “Brown Army Faction”
14 November 20111391PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Germany: The Nazi next door
15 February 2011391 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
The trial of the neo-Nazi NSU group is being dubbed one of the most important trials of the post-war era in Germany. The media circus around the five accused, however, is hiding the true scandal of this affair: that the NSU was not discovered earlier.
While the Paralympic Games begin today in London, in Athens, the ultra-right Golden Dawn party, is promoting hate-attacks against people with disabilities and homosexuals, having already targeted immigrants and ethnic minorities, says one UK commentator. In this atmosphere, which echoes the rise of Nazism in Germany, the Greek government and EU are turning a blind eye.
Germany has been rocked by revelations that an east German neo-Nazi cell has been responsible for the deaths of nine immigrants over the last decade. An author decries enduring East-West divisions that highlight the failures of German unification.
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northern Germany right-wing extremists dominate entire villages. A few people go against the flow – and find the struggle a lonely one.