Right -wing extremist youth groups in Germany: a growing danger!

Right -wing extremist youth groups in Germany: a growing danger!

In recent years, a worrying phenomenon has developed in Germany: right -wing extremist youth groups grow at a rapid pace. According to welt.de , several of these groups with hundreds of trailers were created within one year. The establishment of new youth groups in the right -wing scene has been carefully observed by the police authorities since mid -2022, and at first these groups formed primarily in virtual space.

A striking example is the group "Young and Strong", which now increases in the middle three -digit range of supporters. In addition, there are "German youth ahead" with an estimated more than a hundred members and other relevant groups such as "The Sturm Trupp" and "Last wave of defense". The latter are currently in focus according to a nationwide raid, in which several young people have been arrested, the allegedly planned attacks on asylum accommodations.

a network of radicalization

The new right -wing extremist youth culture is not only active locally; It is networked nationwide and uses platforms such as Tikkok, Instagram and YouTube for recruitment and mobilization. This form of networking ensures that more and more young people and young adults are becoming part of these extremist movements. The Protection of the Constitution in Baden-Württemberg even reports on a significant increase in right-wing extremist agitation on the Internet since the summer of 2024, which allows the violence potential of these groups high, so Stern.de .

The enemy images of these groups are diverse: people of Muslim faith, foreigners and left -wing political actors are the focus of their attacks. The fact that the struggle against the LGBTQ community is considered a “door opener” to the right-wing extremist scene is particularly alarming.
The more experts emphasize the need for local communities such as family, schools and clubs react more active to radicalization. Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt speaks for preventive measures and calls for better support for young people and young adults.

The impact of digitization

A special challenge in combating radicalization is digitization. Corona pandemic has shifted social activities to digital space, which benefits extremist actors. Many young people who have the experience of isolation and fainting are looking for belonging and find them in radical ideologies that can reduce their inhibition threshold to violence. The protection of the constitution reports on a "distinctive mobilization weakness" in some right -wing extremists, but of growth in the young organization "Young Nationalists" (JN), to which violent attacks are also documented.

The violence carried out by these groups accepts questionable proportions, since in May five young people from the “Last wave of defense” group were arrested that planned serious crimes. According to wdr.de , professional youth work is viewed as the best extremism prevention, but often there is no resources and attention.