Attack on diversity: Extremists disturb firmly in Bad Freienwalde!

Attack on diversity: Extremists disturb firmly in Bad Freienwalde!

in Bad Freienwalde, East Brandenburg, broke out unrest on June 15, 2025 when a group of partly hooded attackers started on the event at a festival for diversity and tolerance. This brutal action led to at least two mild injuries and was condemned by Interior Minister René Wilke (non -party, for SPD) as a worrying sign for increasing right -wing extremism. Wilke found that the situation has indications of potential violence and extremist activities, especially against the background documented calls towards national resistance. Video recordings indicated that the right -wing extremist small party "The Third Way" was involved in the incident, which is known in the neo -Nazi scene for its anti -migration positions.

"The third way", founded in Heidelberg in 2013, sees itself as a radical alternative to the NPD. Under the leadership of Klaus Armstroff, a former NPD official, the party is pursuing a strong neo-Nazi program that gives itself ethnic and national revolutionary. Their demands range from a "preservation and development of the biological substance of the people" to "German socialism", which underlines their danger. According to information from the Federal Center for Political Education, the party has appeared primarily through demonstrations against refugee accommodation and has already published guiding threads to prevent asylum accommodation.

right -wing extremism in the upswing

The incidents in Bad Freienwalde are part of a larger, worrying trend. According to the protection of the constitution, the personal potential of violent right -wing extremists has increased to around 15,300. The entire right -wing extremist personal potential rose to 50,250 in 2024, which corresponds to an increase of 9,650 people compared to 2023. The number of registered right -wing extremist crimes has also increased drastically, including an increase in violence by 11.6 %.

The year 2024 recorded a total of 37,835 right -wing extremist offenses, an increase of 47.4 %. In particular, the focus was on crimes with a xenophobic background; Bodily harm rose by 4.8 % to 916 and xenophobic acts of violence by 5.4 % to 983. These alarming statistics illustrate that right -wing extremist ideologies are continuously anchored in society and create a broad space for violent actors.

political reactions and outlook

The political reaction to the incident in Bad Freienwalde was unanimous: while the AfD condemned the attack and demanding the Frevianeness, SPD MP Andreas Noack described the statements of the AfD as "lying". It is particularly explosive that the Brandenburg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the AfD as right -wing extremist, but this classification was temporarily put on hold. Interior Minister Wilke criticized the statements by AfD MP Lena Kotré, who had trivialized the incident. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for social solidarity and emphasized that such incidents must not occur.

The events in Bad Freienwalde are a serious warning signal. A determined social and political action is required to counter right -wing extremism and to stand up for diversity and tolerance. The reporting shows once again that the commitment to extremism is inevitable to protect the values ​​of democracy.

For more information about the right-wing extremist Small Party "Der Third Way" you can read the detailed analysis at the Federal Center for Political Education. The [Constitutional Protection] (https://www.verdellungschutz.de/de/themen/rechtsextremismus/bahlen-und-fachs-und-fakten_artikel.html also provides details of the current developments in the field of right-wing extremism, while n-tv reported on events in Bad Freienwalde.