Barbara Manthe

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Germany’s terrorist attack: migrant communities have lost trust

The central question that politics, security authorities and society are still failing to answer: who will protect us from right-wing terrorism? The racist attack in Hanau on 19 February 2020 has…

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Racist violence in West Germany before 1990

While racism has always been an integral part of radical-right ideology, the West German radical right scene started with extensive racist activities in the late 1970s. Since then, agitation against…

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The Neo-Nazi Murder Of A German Politician Highlights Threat Of Radical Right Terrorism

The murder of Walter Lübcke, a member of Merkel’s political party, highlights the long history of radical right terrorism against German politicians. On 2 June 2019, Walter Lübcke, the acting…

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Anti-Semitism Continues to Be a Steady Feature Among Germany’s Radicals

For decades, anti-Semitism has been a steady ideological feature of radical-right violence and terrorism in Germany. The suspect in the terrorist attack on a synagogue in the German city of Halle in…

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How Crime Helps Finance Radical-Right Terrorism

Armed robberies were often the first crimes nascent right-wing extremist organizations carried out after deciding to take the terrorist “option.” Little research has been done on the financing of radical-right…

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Germany: the role of women in radical right terrorism

Women must not be underestimated in their function as active participants in radical right terrorist groups. When the German radical right terrorist group “Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund” (“National Socialist Underground”) (NSU) was…

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The 1980 Oktoberfest bombing – a case with many question marks

The irregularities in the case point to the fact that the reappraisal of the radical right’s history in post WW-II Germany is still at an early stage. In May 2019,…

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Not All Terrorists Want to Claim Responsibility for Attacks

Why would right-wing terrorists decide not to claim responsibility for their crimes? In Germany, there has been an ongoing public debate as to whether radical-right terrorists take responsibility for their…

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The Anti-Semitic Murder Germany Forgot

An analysis of 1980 murder of Shlomo Lewin and Frieda Poeschke reveals that it was disgracefully handled both by the police and the public. On the evening of December, 19,…

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The Under-Discussed Recent History Of The Radical Right Terrorism In Germany

The German terror group “National Socialist Underground“ is unprecedented – radical right terrorism is not A marathon trial in Germany has come to an end. On 11 July 2018, more…

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Germany’s terrorist attack: migrant communities have lost trust

Racist violence in West Germany before 1990

The Neo-Nazi Murder Of A German Politician Highlights Threat Of Radical Right Terrorism

Anti-Semitism Continues to Be a Steady Feature Among Germany’s Radicals

How Crime Helps Finance Radical-Right Terrorism

Germany: the role of women in radical right terrorism

The 1980 Oktoberfest bombing – a case with many question marks

Not All Terrorists Want to Claim Responsibility for Attacks

The Anti-Semitic Murder Germany Forgot

The Under-Discussed Recent History Of The Radical Right Terrorism In Germany

The Myth Of Lone Wolf Terrorism

Tucker Carlson Is The Most Dangerous Anchor In America

An Exception no more: Identifying the origins of the radical-right appeal, the case of Chega in Portugal

Germany Has Stepped Up Its Efforts Combating Right-Wing Extremism

Eric Zemmour’s Plan to Save France from Extinction