Right -wing extremism in Brandenburg: alarming 20% ​​more activists!

Right -wing extremism in Brandenburg: alarming 20% ​​more activists!

What is happening in Brandenburg beats high waves. The number of right -wing extremists has reached a new high: 3,650 people, which corresponds to an increase of almost 20 percent compared to the previous year. As Tagesschau reports, ie 1.430, fall into the category "violent" Increase of 130 people compared to the previous year.

This not only causes worry lines among the security authorities: Interior Minister René Wilke urges the growing radicalization of young people, especially through social media. Here it is important to act and clarify quickly. Axel Heidrich, provisional director of the constitutional protection department, emphasizes that the young people often mix different ideologies without reflection - there is definitely something!

The framework of extremism

But what is behind these numbers? According to Constitutional Protection The entire personal potential in Germany at the end of 2024 is 20.250 people, Which also means a striking increase compared to 40,600 in 2023. Of these, 15,300 are considered violent. 25,000 of these groups are organized in parties, while 8,500 people are active in party -independent structures.

A look at the right -wing extremists also shows alarming tendencies: In 2024, 37,835 right -wing extremist crimes were recorded, an increase of 47.4 percent compared to 2023. The light of the propagandaeliceles, which, with 24,177 cases, shines a share of 63.9 percent in the right -wing extremists. These crimes also include many violent attacks in which 1,121 cases of assault were counted - that is 87.5 percent of the acts of violence.

topics and agitation

Another worrying signal is the increasing instrumentalization of social issues through right -wing extremists. The Middle East conflict is increasingly being used for anti -migration and anti -Semitic agitation. The focus is particularly on the topics of asylum and migration, of which numerous right -wing extremist violent acts against asylum accommodations testify. If we look at the statistics of Statista are clearly suitable for undermining the validity of the state constitution. At the latest here it becomes clear that extremism is no longer a marginal phenomenon, but is present in many facets of our society.

With regard to social agitation, the hostility to queer has increased in recent times. This tendency is expressed, among other things, in interference against CSD events-a worrying sign for our society.