Neo-Nazi attack on a variety of festivals in Bad Freienwalde shakes citizens!

Neo-Nazi attack on a variety of festivals in Bad Freienwalde shakes citizens!

An incident that causes excitement in Bad Freienwalde passed last Sunday during the diversity. At the event that stood under the motto "Bad Freienwalde is colorful", there was a violent attack on participants. Two people were injured. The police have their sights on a 21-year-old suspect from Bliesdorf in the Barnim orbruch office. The man is committed to the neo-Nazi party "The Third Way" and is suspected of attacking the event with striking tools together with others. As early as the previous year, he was said to have tried to have disturbed the festival, which only reinforced the tense situation in the region. According to the team the incident is an alarming example of increasing there.

Brandenburg's interior minister René Wilke has sharply convicted the attack and explained that violence against people who organize or participate in a family and children's festival was completely unacceptable. This is not just an isolated case; The concerns about the willingness to violence of right -wing extremists are in the air, which the recent investigations and the increasing number of right -wing extremist crimes in Germany underpower. According to a report by the [rbb] (https://www.rbb24.de/politik/2025/06/maerkisch-oderland-bad-freienwalde-Auf- Vaumfalt- Vailfalt event-realtml), Bad Freienwalde has now been a meeting point for the right-wing scene, which was also shown in the last upcoming elections as over 40% of the voters AfD chose.

growing concern about right -wing extremist violence

The mayor of Bad Freienwalde, Ralf Lehmann, described the attack as a "disturbance of the event" and demanded more civic engagement and a serious risk assessment by the police. The organizer Judith Strohm also emphasized that clearer measures are necessary to prevent such incidents in the future. The police presence was present, but the reinforcement only came after the violence became known. A member of the association "We pack it" was seriously injured when it tried to stop an attacker.

The advice center for victims of right -wing violence reports on a new generation of neo -Nazis in the region and confirms that such incidents no longer only consist of individual cases, but are part of a worrying trend. Right -wing extremism has increased enormously in recent years. As states Constitutional Protection, the personal potential of violence-oriented right-wing extremists-a worrying increase is already around 15,300 people. In addition, over 37,000 right -wing extremist crimes were registered in 2024, which represents an increase of 47.4% compared to the previous year.

a merged social picture

The incidents in Bad Freienwalde are not isolated; Many experts warn of normalizing right -wing extremists, which is particularly directed against diversity and openness. Lorenz Blumtaler from the Amadeu Antonio Foundation emphasizes the need to protect such events. The last survey made it clear that topics such as asylum and migration as well as hostility to queer are increasingly focusing on right -wing extremist propaganda. In this context, a cohesion of democratic society is necessary. Jann Jakobs from the alliance "Brandenburg shows attitude" appeals that the standing together against such attacks is essential.

This incident in Bad Freienwalde should therefore be seen as a wake -up call: active civil society and political determination are required to decide to counteract right -wing extremists and violence.