Fear, Anger and Hatred: The Rise of Germany’s New Right

For years, a sense of disillusionment has been growing on the right. Now, the refugee crisis has magnified that frustration. Increasingly, people from the very centre of society in Germany are identifying with the movement - even as political debate coarsens and violence increases. By SPIEGEL Staff.

Separately, The Local.de reported on the 15 December 2015 that more than 1,600 crimes had been counted against refugees and their accommodation so far in 2015.

The vast majority of the 1,610 crimes ... stemmed from far-right political motives, police statistics ... showed.

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Spiegel Online International: Tag: Right-wing extremism http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/right_wing_extremism/

The Local.de, 15.12.15: Attacks on refugees double in a year: police http://www.thelocal.de/20151215/attacks-on-refugees-double-in-a-year-police

ESO: Background information: Pegida is only the latest in a long line of German far-right movements to mobilise against Islam http://www.europeansources.info/record/pegida-is-only-the-latest-in-a-long-line-of-german-far-right-movements-to-mobilise-against-islam/

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