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Published by Der Spiegel (Germany)
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
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Far Right In Eastern Germany: A German Ritual of Hand-Wringing and Helplessness
“There are 4,500 initiatives in Germany addressing the causes and consequences of neo-Nazi sentiment. In the last five years alone, the federal government has spent €192 million on the issue.
Each individual project seems to be valuable. But not every village can have its own project. And unemployment and social uncertainty can only be partly to blame for far-right sympathies. Friedeman Bringt, who heads a mobile consultation team in Saxony, says that the real root of the problem is that many easterners lack empathy and are unable to understand other people's point of view. According to Bringt, many in the East accept violence as legitimate. Berlin theologian Richard Schröder agrees, saying that eastern Germany suffers from "a lack of civility."…
See also 'A Dangerous Breeding Ground for Right-Wing Extremism'
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