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1.   The "New Right" in the GDR (March 12, 1990)
In the 1980s, extreme right-wing thinking was more than just a West German problem. Since the beginning of the decade, extreme right-wing ideas had also been circulating among young people in the....
The "New Right" in the GDR (March 12, 1990)
2.   Vietnamese Guest Laborers Leaving the GDR (May 31, 1990)
With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of many East German enterprises, most....
Vietnamese Guest Laborers Leaving the GDR (May 31, 1990)
3.   Election Campaign Poster for "The Republicans" ["Die Republikaner"] (1990)
In the lead up to the first all-German Bundestag elections on December 2, 1990, the extreme right-wing party “The Republicans” [“Die Republikaner”] tried to win votes by running a polemical campaign....
Election Campaign Poster for "The Republicans" ["Die Republikaner"] (1990)
4.   Attacks on Homes for Asylum Seekers in March im Breisgau (September 24, 1991)
In the 1990s, xenophobic riots and outbursts shocked a reunified Germany. In 1991 alone, a total of 1,483 right-wing acts of violence were registered – five and a half times as many as in the previous....
Attacks on Homes for Asylum Seekers in March im Breisgau (September 24, 1991)
5.   Asylum in Eisenhüttenstadt: Living Container (May 14, 1992)
Located in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg’s Central Reception Camp for Asylum Seekers was originally designed to accommodate 800 people. But when Germany registered a dramatic increase in the number....
Asylum in Eisenhüttenstadt: Living Container (May 14, 1992)
6.   Violence against Foreigners in Rostock-Lichtenhagen (August 24, 1992)
From August 22 to 26, 1992, as many as 1,200 violent right-wing hooligans, most of them youths, rioted in front of the hopelessly overcrowded Central Home for Asylum Seekers in Rostock-Lichtenhagen.....
Violence against Foreigners in Rostock-Lichtenhagen (August 24, 1992)
7.   Demonstration against Xenophobia in Rostock-Lichtenhagen (August 29, 1992)
Under the protection of a large contingent of security forces, more than 14,000 protesters gathered in Rostock-Lichtenhagen on August 29, 1992, to demonstrate against the....
Demonstration against Xenophobia in Rostock-Lichtenhagen (August 29, 1992)
8.   Arson Attack in Mölln (November 28, 1992)
On the night of November 22, 1992, right-wing extremists set fire to two houses inhabited by Turkish families in the small....
Arson Attack in Mölln (November 28, 1992)
9.   Candlelight Vigil against Xenophobia (February 1, 1993)
The arson attack in Mölln, which claimed three lives, provided the German public with drastic proof....
Candlelight Vigil against Xenophobia (February 1, 1993)
10.   Deportation of Rejected Asylum Seekers (July 16, 1993)
After the more restrictive asylum law took effect on July 1, 1993, the number of rejected....
Deportation of Rejected Asylum Seekers (July 16, 1993)
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