German...Help?

Question

can anybody help me with reiable factual info on 'rechtsextremismus' in germany. I am in upper sixth and doing a piece of A level german coursework entitled 'was sind die grunde fuer eine zunahme der Angriffe auf Auslaender in deutschland?' Any information would be gratfully recieved. Danke schoen!!

its not that I cant write the german, its just that i need some more info!I understand that it is not only germany eho has this problem, so I am not writing coursework against the country in any way.I just need facts and figures in order to have an unbiased and quality piece of workthank you.

Answer 1

Here are several sites I've used for my own research. The major reasons that I'd put forward for the rise in Auslanderfeindlichkeit would be 1: the massive unemployment problem in the former East Germany, as people look for someone to blame for their predicament; 2: the highly homogenous nature of the former East Germany, few people had prior contact with or knowledge of 'non-white, non-European' cultures; 3: the continuing economic impact of unification in West Germany - they are still paying "unification tax" in the West (and complaining about it a lot), and the regional funding system means that richer states also divert funds to poorer states, leaving less money for infrastructure investment (which is why East Germany has all-new autobahns while those in the West are falling apart).
As history has often shown, any one of these three social problems, unemployment, fear/unfamiliarity, jealousy/indignation can cause violent social upheaval. Here you have all 3 in one country. Good luck with the essay, but don't tell the truth (if you find it), say what your teacher wants you to say. Take a nice, liberal line or they'll mark you down.


http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/de/arbeitsfelder/af_rechtsextremismus/zahlen_und_fakten.html
http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/de/arbeitsfelder/af_rechtsextremismus
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/deutschland/artikel/177/97080/
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,459021,00.html
http://www.teachsam.de/pro/pro_rechts/pro_rechts0.htm

Answer 2

This link might help. http://iq.lycos.de/tags/rechtsextrremismus/, as might this: http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:uL0JhZNxMf0J:www.politik.uni-mainz.de/ereps/download/germany_overview.pdf+extreme+right+in+germany&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3

Here is a BBC overview:

Post-war Germany has vowed never again to allow ultra-nationalism or racism to play any part in its politics.
That principle is now under threat.

One far-right party, the Republicans, assert that "unrelenting mass immigration has brought criminal foreigners into Germany".

The Republicans and another group, the German Peoples Union or DVU, are both under surveillance by Germany's counter-intelligence agency, suspected of anti-democratic or unconstitutional behaviour.

The Republicans hold seats in the state parliament of Baden-Wuerttemberg, around Stuttgart.

And last April, the DVU gained the highest vote for a far-right group ever - 13% - in elections in Saxony-Anhalt, an economically depressed part of eastern Germany.

That was a success for the DVU's leader, an ultra-nationalist businessman from Munich, Gerhard Frey.

Focus on jobs

The heart of his campaign was the crude demand that jobs should be taken away from foreigners and given to Germans.

In Saxony-Anhalt, nearly one-third of all voters under the age of 30 supported the DVU.

In the country as a whole, opinion polls show some 10% of voters sympathise with far-right groups.

Alongside these changes in the political scene, more than 100 neo-Nazi or skinhead groups have grown up which glorify violence and praise the ideas of Hitler.

Assaults rising

Official figures show that assaults by such groups on foreigners, including Asian or African refugees and Turkish, Italian, and other immigrants, are on the rise.

Last year more than 400 injuries resulted from such assaults.

The German authorities' response has been to ban dozens of extreme right-wing groups.

But critics of Chancellor Kohl's government say it must itself bear part of the blame for their rise.

Conservative politicians have loudly complained about "foreign criminality" and Germany's "immigration burden", ignoring warnings that such talk would encourage racist attitudes.

Mr Kohl's followers' deny that, but they have vigorously staked their claim to the right-wing ground of German politics, in an attempt to ensure that no other group takes root there.

Vote expected to be split

Up to now, the extreme right has failed to reach the threshold of 5% of the vote needed to enter parliament.


This time, it has a chance to win close to 5%, but will still probably fail because that vote will be divided between the Republicans and the DVU.

But in one sense the far right may already have won, because it has begun to influence the large parties in their policies.

Even if the extremists do not get in, they will be a force to be reckoned with after the elections.

Answer 3

Ich finde nicht, dass wir Deutschen Ausländer angreifen. In meiner Gegend gibt es den Rechtsextemismus kaum, und er wird stark unterdrückt. Es gibt sicher viele Deutsche, die Ausländer grundlos angreifen, und weil du nach Infos suchst, hier einige:
-Viele Deutsche sind wütend auf Ausländer, da diese ihnen die Arbeitsplätze wegnehmen
-Man macht Ausländer für vieles verantwortlich, wofür sie gar nichts können
-Ausländer sind "anders" und manche Deutsche stört das
-Ausländer werden vor allem von Deutschen Jugendlichen oder jungen Erwachsenen angegriffen. Sie werden meist mit Messern bedroht, manchmal auch brutal verletzt. Auch schwer zusammengeschlagen (beaten up) werden viele Ausländer nach einer Schlägerei ins Krankenhaus gebracht.
-In vielen Fällen provozieren die Ausländer einen Deutschen, der sich dann zur Wehr setzt.

IN MY TOWN WE DON'T HAVE RACISTS

Answer 4

Vielleicht die zunehmende Einwanderung von Russen und Türken in den letzten Jahren (6000000 bzw. 7000000)

Answer 5

I live in Germany but I don't think I want to help you with this.

Answer 6

i live in Germany but i dont think i could be of any help..sorry

Answer 7

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechtsextremismus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right