https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A German neo-Nazi was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for murdering pro-migration politician Walter Lübcke, a killing that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism. https://www.thelocal.de/20210128/german-neo-nazi-sentenced-to-life-in-jail-for-murdering-politician Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:28:04 +0100 german-neo-nazi-sentenced-to-life-in-jail-for-murdering-politician Germany has outlawed a far-right neo-Nazi group called "Sturmbrigade 44" for spreading hatred, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20201201/germany-bans-neo-nazi-group-december-1 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:08:48 +0100 germany-bans-neo-nazi-group-december-1 German prosecutors said Wednesday they had formally charged a known neo-Nazi with the June 2019 murder of a pro-refugee politician, the first in a string of recent far-right killings. https://www.thelocal.de/20200429/neo-nazi-charged-with-murder-projected-his-xenophobia-on-german-pro-migrant-politician Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:08:12 +0200 neo-nazi-charged-with-murder-projected-his-xenophobia-on-german-pro-migrant-politician Eight members of a neo-Nazi cell were jailed Tuesday after a German court found them guilty of forming a "terrorist organisation" that was planning a campaign of violence. https://www.thelocal.de/20200324/neo-nazi-terror-group-chemnitz-revolution-handed-jail-terms Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:11:41 +0100 neo-nazi-terror-group-chemnitz-revolution-handed-jail-terms Unwanted visits from neo-Nazis are becoming an increasing problem for the memorial centre at the former World War II concentration camp at Buchenwald in eastern Germany, museum director Volkhard Knigge said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200123/alarm-as-neo-nazis-targeting-tours-at-former-wwii-buchenwald-concentration-camp Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:57:52 +0100 alarm-as-neo-nazis-targeting-tours-at-former-wwii-buchenwald-concentration-camp A regional politician in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU has stepped down from the party after his links to far-right extremism were exposed. https://www.thelocal.de/20191220/cdu-politician-with-neo-nazi-links-steps-down-from Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:40:44 +0100 cdu-politician-with-neo-nazi-links-steps-down-from Katja Wolf, mayor of the town of Eisenach in the central German state of Thuringia, has been sued by a member of her city council for refusing to shake his hand. https://www.thelocal.de/20191208/german-mayor-sued-for-refusing-handshake-with-neo-nazi-politician Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:38:41 +0100 german-mayor-sued-for-refusing-handshake-with-neo-nazi-politician Chancellor Angela Merkel's government on Monday strongly condemned death threats against two leading Green party politicians by a neo-Nazi group, as concern mounts in Germany over a rise in right-wing extremism. https://www.thelocal.de/20191104/outrage-in-germany-over-neo-nazis-political-kill-list Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:41:56 +0100 outrage-in-germany-over-neo-nazis-political-kill-list A tree planted to commemorate a victim of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Socialist Underground (NSU) group has been sawed down in the eastern German city of Zwickau. https://www.thelocal.de/20191004/probe-launched-after-german-memorial-to-neo-nazi-murder-victim-torn-down Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:34:54 +0200 probe-launched-after-german-memorial-to-neo-nazi-murder-victim-torn-down The unanimous election of a neo-Nazi politician in Germany as the head of a town council, thanks to votes from rival party members, has sparked widespread criticism among senior political figures. https://www.thelocal.de/20190908/outrage-as-neo-nazi-elected-town-council-leader-in-germany Sun, 08 Sep 2019 17:53:29 +0200 outrage-as-neo-nazi-elected-town-council-leader-in-germany Hundreds of black-clad mourners turned up at the funeral of a neo-Nazi figure in eastern Germany's Chemnitz, with police out in force to ward off any violence in a city previously rocked by far-right rioting. https://www.thelocal.de/20190318/hundreds-of-mourners-attend-funeral-of-neo-nazi-figure-in-chemnitz Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:52:00 +0100 hundreds-of-mourners-attend-funeral-of-neo-nazi-figure-in-chemnitz Fourth-tier German club Chemnitzer FC has filed a complaint with local prosecutors and fired several staff members over a pre-match tribute to a recently deceased fan with neo-Nazi links. https://www.thelocal.de/20190311/chemnitzer-football-club-fires-staff-over-neo-nazi-tribute Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:45:30 +0100 chemnitzer-football-club-fires-staff-over-neo-nazi-tribute Swastikas have repeatedly been sprayed at the spot where a nine-year-old Syrian boy died in a traffic accident at the end of June in a small east German town. Politicians have reacted with disgust to the crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20180806/swastikas-sprayed-at-site-of-syrian-childs-death-cause-outrage Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:38:18 +0200 swastikas-sprayed-at-site-of-syrian-childs-death-cause-outrage This weekend a small town in Thuringia was once again the setting for one of Germany’s biggest right-wing rock festivals. More the 2,000 neo-Nazis partied to live music as the town organized counter-protests. https://www.thelocal.de/20180611/police-file-84-reports-at-right-wing-rock-festival Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:17:13 +0200 police-file-84-reports-at-right-wing-rock-festival A defence lawyer for Beate Zschäpe, the only surviving member of a German neo-Nazi trio, Tuesday launched final arguments, signalling the end phase of a mammoth murder and terrorism trial. https://www.thelocal.de/20180425/mammoth-neo-nazi-terror-trial-enters-final-phase-in-munich Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:44:19 +0200 mammoth-neo-nazi-terror-trial-enters-final-phase-in-munich The series “Family Brown” by Germany’s ZDF channel scooped up a coveted trophy in New York City on Monday evening with its tales of what happens when a neo-Nazi finds out he has a dark-skinned daughter. https://www.thelocal.de/20171121/you-have-to-fight-against-neo-nazism-german-tv-series-wins-emmy Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:54:44 +0100 you-have-to-fight-against-neo-nazism-german-tv-series-wins-emmy German prosecutors on Tuesday sought a life sentence for the surviving female member of a neo-Nazi trio accused of a string of racist murders that targeted mainly Turkish immigrants. https://www.thelocal.de/20170912/german-prosecutors-demand-life-in-jail-for-suspected-neo-nazi-terrorist Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:14:24 +0200 german-prosecutors-demand-life-in-jail-for-suspected-neo-nazi-terrorist Prosecutors in Tübingen have launched a probe into explosive claims of far-right extremism in a German army special forces unit. https://www.thelocal.de/20170817/special-german-army-unit-nazi-salutes-pigs-heads Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:58:03 +0200 special-german-army-unit-nazi-salutes-pigs-heads A neo-Nazi best known for spending 15 months in jail for attacking a leading Green party politician is again in trouble, after shooting several squirrels in his garden, Bild reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20170725/police-intervene-as-notorious-neo-nazi-goes-on-squirrel-killing-spree Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:45:36 +0200 police-intervene-as-notorious-neo-nazi-goes-on-squirrel-killing-spree German lawmakers voted Thursday to cut off public financing for extremist parties, a measure targeting the far-right NPD after two failed attempts by parliament to ban it. https://www.thelocal.de/20170623/germany-ends-state-funding-for-far-right-npd-party Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:17:07 +0200 germany-ends-state-funding-for-far-right-npd-party