far-right extremism

Nils Minkmar's book documents five years of trial proceedings against NSU terrorists and raises uncomfortable questions about systematic failures by German police and intelligence services.

On December 7, 2022, German police carried out one of the country's largest coordinated raid operations in recent memory, arresting 25 people suspected of plotting a violent coup against the German state under the name Patriotische Union.

Walter Lübcke, a prominent German CDU politician and regional council chairman in Hessen, was shot and killed on his terrace in June 2019. His far-right extremist killer, Stephan Ernst, was motivated by hatred of the government's refugee policy. The case exposed growing political violence and right-wing extremism in Germany.

On October 9, 2019, Stephan Balliet, a 27-year-old German right-wing extremist, attacked a synagogue and kebab restaurant in Halle an der Saale with the aim of killing as many people as possible. The attack was stopped by police, but resulted in two deaths and several wounded.

On October 9, 2019, right-wing extremist Stephan Balliet attempted to murder approximately 80 worshippers at a synagogue in Halle, Germany. A single door held firm. He killed two passersby and livestreamed the attack online.

On February 19, 2020, Tobias R. carried out a racist terror attack in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany, killing nine people across two locations. All victims had migrant backgrounds. The perpetrator took his own life shortly after fleeing the scene.

On 29 May 1993, four young men from Germany's far-right extremist scene set fire to the home of the Turkish-German Genç family in Solingen, Germany. Five people — women and girls — were killed and several others were injured. The four perpetrators were convicted of arson and murder.

On 26 September 1980, a bomb exploded at Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, killing 13 people and wounding more than 200. The device was detonated at the entrance to the Theresienwiese fairgrounds during the festival's peak evening hours. The attacker's identity was established but his full network and motives were never officially resolved, with investigations pointing toward far-right extremist circles.

On 15 March 2019, Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand during Friday prayers, killing 51 people and injuring 40 others. He was arrested en route to a third target and later sentenced to life imprisonment without parole—New Zealand's first such sentence.