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Table of Content

1) What the Pankow Register is about 4

2) Classification of incidents 6 According to what categories are incidents recorded? 6 What content can a report have to be included in the Register? 6

3) Conclusion 8 3.1) New developments and continuities in Pankow 8 3.2) A look at the whole District 10 Incident scenes 11 Incident categories 12 Motives 13 Months 14 3.3) A look at individual neighborhoods 14

3) Pankower Chronik 2015 16

4) Glossary 44 4.1) Glossary of right-wing to (neo-)nazist groups and persons 44 4.2) Glossary of right-wing to (neo-)nazist codes, symbols and terms 47

5) Central terms in the context of this work 49 4 1. What the Pankow Register is about

The Pankow Register was developed in April 2005 as part of the implementation of the Local Action plan Pankow (LAP). Since then, it is run by the [moskito] – Specialist and Network project against right-wing extremism, for democracy and diversity. By now funding is provided by the District Office Pankow and the state program „Democracy. Diversity. Respect. Against right-wing extremism, racism and anti-Semitism“.

The aim of the project is to register discrim- Cooperation with other Register pro- ination and right-wing activities in daily life jects in Berlin beyond criminal liability to provide an ac- Apart from the work in the district, the net- curate picture of the District of Pankow and working with other Register projects in Berlin to counter (the development of) no-go areas is an important feature of the work of the early on. In the long run, the aim is to work on Pankow Register. In Berlin, Register projects a broad societal basis to counter exclusions, exist in almost all districts. In the city-wide stigmatization, discrimination and right-wing network common standards were agreed orientations. upon to be able to actually compare the par- ticular analyses for the districts. In addition, The deciding criteria for the registration of an we want to establish a joint public relations incident is an evident motive that expresses work, i.a., through a joint internet presenta- different forms of so-called group-related hos- tion (www.berliner-register.de) and as well to tility towards humans (like racism, anti-Sem- exchange current analyses. itism, homophobia, transphobia, hostility to- If you observe an incident, but work in a dif- wards the handicapped and homeless) and/ ferent district you can report it to the Pankow or generally a right-wing populist, right-wing Register. We will forward your report to the extremist to neonzist orientation. In this con- corresponding Register. nection, foundational for judging an incident is the experience of the affected person. Pankower Register 2015 5

Be involved! For the Pankow Register, the involvement of as many citizens of Pankow as possible is of great importance. only what you report to us, the Specialist and Network project [moskito] and the contact points, the police or civil society and antifascist groups, can be included into the Pankow Register. only like these incidents and societal conditions will become known to a greater public.

The whole year the Pankow Register is looking for democratic initiatives, institutions and projects of civil society that want to be involved in the network of the Register. As a public or internal contact point, you can become part of the Pankow Register. you can invite us for events and workshops related to the topic (for instance argumen- tation trainings) or distribute post cards, leafl ets and stickers of thePankow Register in your spaces. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us.

Also, if you want to get active against exclusion, right-wing threats and discrimination we are happy to support you.

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2. Classification of incidents

In the following, the work procedures of the Pankow Register are explained. The text is based on standard procedures developed by the network of Berlin Register projects.

According to what categories are If the incident involves stickers, posters, ban- incidents recorded? ners or leaflets, it is classified as propaganda. All in all there are seven categories into This includes clothing, tattoos and the show- which all incidents are classified into. The ing of the „Hitler salute“. first represents all forms that are directed against persons and that – in the worst case If the event involves demonstrations, con- – threaten the integrity of the body of one certs or info stalls, it is called and classified or several persons, which is why this catego- an event. ry is called attack. This includes all forms of A special form of event and thereby its own assault but also spitting, pushing, jostling or category are oral contributions and written bottle-throwing. A less severe form of attack motions of right-wing extremist and right- is the category „threat/insult/mobbing“. wing populist in the local district assemblies It can be directed against people present, but (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung, BVV). They also against non-present persons or groups appear in the category BVV. Furthermore, and at first moment does not threaten the there are reports that are classified as inter- direct integrity of the person. A statement net. Those reports contain content posted made in public transport that included that on homepages or Facebook pages and that „we will beat them all up “ directed at people are related to Pankow. All further forms and not of german ancestry for instance is inclu- sorts of reports that cannot be classified in ded, but as well the photographing of people the aforementioned categories are classified involved in anti-nazi activity. as other. After a Register report is classified into a category, the content of the incident is If incidents are directed against property or further evaluated. „things“ and when they are criminally liable, they are classified as property damage. This What content can a report have to includes racist spray-paintings, but also the be included in the Register? damaging of commemoration plates, smea- A rough content classification is done ac- red stumbling stones – for instance, when the cording to two topic complexes. The first inscription is made unreadable by black paint complex names all motives that are related – or destroyed windows. to right-wing extremism/right-wing populism Pankower Register 2015 7

and that is a right-wing self-portrayal, that Heitmeyer and others and denominates stickers, slogans, posters etc. from right- several forms of disintegration, including wing parties, organizations or groups con- the one that exclude people from partici- tain. For a better analysis these depictions pation in society or aim to do so. are divided between right-wing extremist This includes forms of racism, for instance and right-wing populist. Also included in anti-Muslism or anti-Ziganist racism. Also the first complex is the motive of trivia- included is anti-Semitism, hostily towards lization/glorification of National Socialism, disabled persons and social chauvinism which includes all symbols oder state- for instance in the form of discrimina- ments that express a positive relation to tion against homeless people. But also National Socialism and/or are represent LGBTIQ*hostility, which means hostility revisionist statement. because of sexual orientation or gender identity, is included here as a motive. Re- Among others this can be the honoring of ports that cannot be classified to the afore- NS-politicians, the denial of the holocaust, mentioned motives are classified as other. the demand to give back areas in todays Poland. A third motive in this first topic complex are all direct and indirect statements or actions with that aim at political opponents. This can be the destruction of the windows of an electoral district office or the photographing of anti-Nazi activists, or a sticker that address political opponents directly.

All incidents that are connected to group- related hostility of humans are grouped into the second topic complex of motives. The concept of group-related hostility of humans was developed by Prof. Wilhelm 8

3. Conclusion

All in all, the [moskito] specialist and net- regional federation and district federations work project against right-wing extremism, to increasingly conduct info stalls together for democracy and diversity registered 241 in different neighborhoods. Already in the incidents for the year of 2015 that were end of 2014, the NPD announced the start motivated by group-related hostility to hu- of their election campaign for the Berlin mu- mans (Racism, anti-Semitism, Homo-/Tran- nicipal elections of 2016. The multitude of sphobia etc.) and that were connected to propaganda actions and a majority of the a right-wing populist, right-wing extremist events of the NPD Pankow KV8 happened to neonazist orientation. Compared to the in this context. It also became evident that previous year this is an increase of more the district federation of the NPD has close than 70 reports (2014: 167). Compared ties to several cliques of neonazis in the to 2013 it is a very strong increase. The district and also cultivates contacts into increase in incidents in the last years was other right-wing parties, for instance the due to stronger activity of the NPD and party „III. Path“. Also, contacts between the autonomous nationalists in the north of NPD and neonazi structures in the north of Pankow since the summer of 2012. It also Brandenburg are cultivated. In speeches, the happened because of a pointed, partly racist District head of the NPD often propagates mood that developed in Pankow, Berlin and the unity of the nationalist camp. Germany since the end of 2014 with the opening of new refugee shelters. It shows At the same time, a „turf war“ could be that right-wing extremist orientations, like observed in Berlin-Buch. When the right- racism, are articulated more openly also wing populist party „Pro Germany“ held in Pankow, leading to threats and attacks. an assembly this was stormed by neonazis associated to the NPD Pankow. In the 3.1 New developments and following, organizers ended the assembly. continuities in Pankow Also, neonazis, as well associated with the Over the course of the year the NPD Pankow NPD, again and again tried to threaten and KV8 was the leading actor in the right-wing attack political opponents in vicinity of the extremist and neonazist camp of the district. youth festival „vosifa“. In the second quarter Apart from the distribution of leaflets into this conflict was the main focus of activities. mailboxes and the posting of stickers, holding assemblies was a central element of The neighborhood remained a central place the party‘s politics. The formats of events for right-wing extremist and neonazist inci- were: A city tour, (spontaneous) rallies, dents over the course of the year. However, so-called „cleaning actions“ and multiple the developments also show that the NPD assemblies. The assemblies followed a Ber- was not capable of having several focus lin-wide trend of cooperation between the points of the same intensity at the same Pankower Register 2015 9

time. Increasing activity in Blankenburg and motive. One parent-couple and one of their Karow in 2015 led to a slight decrease in children was beaten into the face on the reports from Berlin-Buch compared to 2014. corner Buschallee/Hansa street by a group of five for racist reasons. The father was According to own acounts, the NPD Pan- robbed, too. At the tram stop Buschallee a kow KV8 conducted several internal trai- man insulted two men in a racist way and nings besides public events. Those were not then hit both of them. A pregnant woman announced publicly and after completion was first insulted in a racist way, then spit short reports were published to the party‘s at and ultimately received a kick into her Facebook page. Most likely those trainings back. All in all, eight attacks happened in were primarily ideological schooling‘s du- Weißensee. ring which nationalist and neonazist thin- king was spread.

Independent of the NPD Pankow KV8, most racist attacks were registered in the Prenz- lauer Berg neighborhood, all in all 14 from 33 attacks happened here. These attacks were often not preceded by longer planning, but happened from effect or the situation.

The main localities were Tram lines and traffic intersections of public transport like S-bahn train stations of Tram stops. Bott- les were thrown, bodily attacks and in one case urinating on humans did happen with racism being the main motive. But attacks on political opponents were also reported in Prenzlauer Berg. For instance at the brinks of a HoGeSa assembly people who participated in counter-protests were attacked by right- wing hooligans. Homophobia as well played a vital role in the verbal and bodily attack on a gay couple by a group of soccer fans.

In the Weißensee neighborhood similar incidents occured where racism was the main Bild: Pankower Register 10

In the Blankenburg neighborhood it beca- wing extremist and neonazist orientations me public that homeless people had found and activities exists in Karow, as much as it refuge in an abandoned building. From does in Berlin-Buch. the third quarter of 2015 the NPD Pan- kow KV8 took up the issue and started to Apart from a multitude of racist leaflets, openly agitate in an antiziganist/anti-Roma broschures, etc., that appeared in the dis- way against them. They conducted „Hood trict over the course of the year, several patrols“ during which they mostly walked racist activities were direct directly against through the neighborhood in a group of refugee shelters or refugees themself. In three and handed out propaganda material the surrounding area around the container and also held one assembly. The security of shelter in Berlin-Buch the toppling of hoar- the property every now and then chased dings, racist slogans and bellowing against away the homeless. Some affected homeless security guardsmen as well as assemblies, people also reported their belongings sto- insults, the ignition of pyrotechnics and as len. The NPD followed a strategical political well shots on the shelter happened. At- strategy in the neighborhood that aimed tacks with relation to refugees happened at presenting itself as the „caretakers“ of in other neighborhoods as well. In Wei- this perceived problem and while doing so ßensee a playground was closed for racist spreading racist demands. reasons for refugee children and refugees themselves were attacked. In the Pankow Also from the third quarter on, apart from neighborhood a bomb threat happened and Berlin-Buch and Blankenburg another in the Prenzlauerg Berg neighborhood a man neighborhood increasingly became a fo- broke into a refugee shelter and threatened cus. In Karow an increased presence of inhabitants by photographing. In Karow a right-wing extremist and neonazist sticker (spontaneous) rallye was held and an anti- was observed. While the Register of 2014 racist banner was removed. only contains seven incidents of this sort for the neighborhood, this number incre- 3.2. A look at the whole District ased to 35 in 2015. In addition, the NPD In the following an overview is given about tried to advance a racist mobilization here, the reported incidents for the whole Dis- when it became public that in a sports hall trict of Pankow. The reports of the register in Karow an emergency shelter for refugees were broken down into the categories crime would be installed. After the announcement scene, crime motives, crime categories and of the decision, this led to three (spontane- crime months. ous) demonstrations and one vigil. During the first rally residents standing at the side applauded the demonstration. 80 to 100 people participated in the second rally. Here it became obvious that a supportive and accepting social environment for right- Pankower Register 2015 11

Incident scenes pared to the previous year, the numbers for One look at the reported incidents in rela- Pankow almost show a duplication (2014: tions to the individual neighborhood shows 25, 2013: 27). A strong increase can be noti- that most incidents happened in Berlin-Buch ced in Karow, too (2015: 35, 2014: 7). In with 72 incidents. Compared to last year Weißensee as well reports doubled (2015: this is a slight decrease (2014: 79, 2013: 17, 2014: 8). In Blankenburg twelve inci- 53). Following are the Pankow (44) and the dents happened, while in previous years in Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood (42). Com- each case only one incident was registered.

80 80 79 2013 2014 2015 72 70 70

60 60

53 50 50

42 40 40

32 30 30

27 27 26 25

23 20 20

17 17

12 12 10 10 10 8 8 7

4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Buch Karow Pankow Internet Malchow hausen Rosenthal FranzösischBuchholzHeinersdorf Weißensee bezirksweit Blankenburg Blankenfelde Niederschön- Wilhelmsruh Prenzlauer Berg 12

Incident categories (2015: 38, 2014: 26). A strong increase can In the year 2015 as well most reports can be noted in the number of „events“ from be classified into the category „propagan- 27 in the year of 2014 to 44. While in the da delict“ (2015: 110). However, compared past reports in this category increased in to previous years and in relation to other election years and with increased campaign categories, this category amounts to less activity of the respective organizations, the than 50 percent of all reports. Incidents that reasons for the increase of incidents in this are classified as „attacks“ on the contrary category are the multitude of events that have increased significantly with 33 reports were directed against refugee shelters. The (2014: 16, 2013: 21). „Threat/insult/mob- amount of „property damage“ also rose to bing“ as a category also saw an increase twelve reports (2014: 5, 2013: 14).

120 120 2013 110 2014 100 100 97 2015 93

80 80

60 60

40 44 40 38 33

26 27 20 21 20 16 14 12 10 10 11 5 1 0 0 4 0

attack threat event other

propaganda

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110 110

106 100 100

90 90

84 80 80

70 70 2012 64 60 61 2013 60

54 2014 50 50

40 41 40

30 30 29

23 20 22 21 20

10 11 10 8 5 5 2 2 2 4 1 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

racism other right-wing Anti-Semitism (Zahlenangaben der Grafik spiegeln die Anzahl der jeweiligen Vorfälle wider und sind keine Prozentangaben) violence against political enemy NS-glorification disabled person social-chauvinism self-manifestation

violence against LGBTIQ*

Motives 4, 2013: 3) have stayed at the same level Addressing the „political opponent“ recor- over the years. However, it must be assumed ded a slight increase (2015: 29, 2014: 23, that the real number is higher. Two incidents 2013: 22). The number of incidents related were classified as belonging to the motive to „anti-Semitism“ (2015: 5, 2014: 5, 2013: „social chauvinism“ and one to the category 4) and „LGBTIQ* hostility“ (2015: 3, 2014: of „hostility towards the handicapped“. 14

Months 3.3 A look at individual Strong activity was recorded over the course neighborhoods of the whole year. A lot of incidents were In this section the Register reports are de- registered in the months of May (4) and scribed for individual neighborhoods in re- June (32), in August (25) and September lations to incident category and motives. (34) and in November (26). Not all neighborhoods are listed because in

35 35 34

30 30

26 25 25 25 24

20 20

18 17 16 15 15 15

11 10 10 10

5 5

0 0

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several of them the number of reports is about a third of all incidents in the district too low to derive a meaningful analysis of for this category. Also, nine „threat/insult/ the situation. mobbing“ incidents were recorded, which is the second highest number after the Berlin- Buch Buch neighborhood. All in all eleven „propa- Most incidents in the district of Pankow were ganda delicts“ were registered. Almost 40% registered in Berlin-Buch with 72 incidents. of all reports had the motive „racism“. After Seven of these incidents were classified into Berlin-Buch (34) and Pankow (21) Prenz- the category „attacks“ and 19 into the ca- lauer Berg comes third with respect to the tegory „threat/insult/mobbing“. 50% of the registered incidents with this motive. All incidents of the last category mentioned incidents with the motive „anti-Semitism“ happened in Berlin-Buch. Another big part were registered here. of incidents were „propaganda delicts“ (23). At the same time, most „events“ in the whole Karow district happened in the neighborhood with With all in all 35 reports a strong increa- 17 out of 44 events happening here in the se happened in the neighborhood. In 72 calendar year of 2015. The most important percent of all reports were „propaganda motive in the reports was „racism“ (2015: delicts“. In addition, five „events“ were re- 34). „Right-wing self-portrayal“ (2015: 19) gistered and three „threat/insult/mobbing“ was on second position and „addressing incidents. The most important motives were political opponents“ (2015: 15) was the „right-wing self-portrayal“ that was evident third-most often classified motive. in 20 reports and „racism“ which was the motive in eleven reports. Pankow All in all 27 reports here belong to the cate- Weißensee gory „propaganda delicts“. This ammounted 54 percent of all registered incidents in the to 63 percent of all incidents in the neigh- neighborhood were „attacks“ (2015: 8). Af- borhood. In addition, three „attacks“ and ter Prenzlauer Berg the neighborhood had five „threat/insult/mobbing“ incidents were the second most „attacks“ of all neighbor- registered. Also, six of all in all 44 events in hoods. In addition, there were seven „pro- the district were conducted in the Pankow paganda delicts“. neighborhood. With 21 reports the moti- Ten out of 17 incidents had „racism“ as the ve „racism“ was the most important one motive. Five reports had the motive „right- and amounted to almost 50 percent of all wing self-portrayal“. reports. It was followed by „right-wing self- portrayal“ (2015: 16), „addressing political Blankenburg opponents“ (2015: 4) and the „glorification All in all two thirds of all incidents in this of National Socialism“ (2015: 3). neighborhood were „events“. Out of twelve reports eight were classified as belonging to Prenzlauer Berg this category with „racism“ being the main Most attacks in the whole district happened motive (2015: 10). This expresses the anti- in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood. The ziganist incitement against Roma and Sinti 14 reports for the neighborhood amount to in the neighborhood. 16

4. Pankower Chronik 2015

 January 3, 2015 | Toppled hoarding in Ber- bly participants During the departure of partici- lin-Buch In Berlin-Buch a toppled hoarding was pants of the assembly „Against racism – Refugees discovered around 09:00 o'clock. The hoarding welcome in Buch“ six neonazis tried to establish surrounded the area of a future refugee-shelter. a threatening scenario at the S-bahn train sta- The police is investigating. Source: Schriftliche tion Buch by positioning themselves at the main Anfrage Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin Drucksache 17/ entrance. No attack happened. When the doors 17661 vom 15.01.2016 of the S-bahn were closing a few participants of the assembly were yelled at with „run away  January 4, 2015 | NPD leafletsIn several mail- you girls“. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und boxes in Pankow-Heinersdorf leaflets of the Respekt Buch-Karow NPD, i. a., with the slogan „Sicherheit durch Recht und Ordnung" („Safety through Law and  January 12,, 2015 | Fourty counter-protest- Order“), are found. Source: [moskito] Fach- und ers at the assembly „Against racism“ in Buch Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für 40 people participated in an assembly titled Demokratie und Vielfalt „Against racism – Refugees welcome in Buch. Speeches by the Refugee council Berlin, a pro-  January 5, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course fessor from Buch and one representative of the of the day several stickers of the NPD, i. a., with party youth coalition „Neighborhood against the the Slogan „DM statt Euro" („DM instead of Right“ were held. On the Facebook page „No Euro“) and „US-Spionage stoppen" („Stop US es- asylum-seekers container village in Buch“ the pionage“), and its youth organization the Young assembly and its „migration advocates“, „advo- National Democrats (JN), i. a., with the slogan cates of foreign infiltration“ and „paternalism“ „Anders als Du denkst" („Different from what was called out. This call was followed by about you think“) or "Hauptstadt-Aktivisten" („Capi- 40 people that positioned themselves at the tal city activists“) are discovered and removed scene in front of the antiracist assembly. Among in the Heinersdorf neighborhood. Source: www. them were ten known neonazis from Buch and hassvernichtet.de Pankow. Source: „Pankow Hilft!“

 January 7, 2015 | Graffiti painted on fence  January 15, 2015 | Insults in front of Kaufland Yesterday afternoon at about 14:00 o'clock at in Berlin-Buch On the early evening three peo- the wooden fence of an un-occupied building in ple who were waiting in front of the store were the Hadlich Street the slogan „Nein zum Heim“ molested by two young men. The two offenders („No to the shelter“), written in blue paint, tried to provoke the group and were asking with- was discovered eight times. The same slogan out interruption whether they had a problem. in blue color was also discovered in the Flora One of the offenders, a known local neonazi, Street. Source: Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom used his phone trying repeatedly to make facial 08.01.2015 pictures. He did not follow the demand not to do this. Meanwhile the second person continued to  January 7, 2015: Vandalism at the citizens-of- ask whether they had a problem. This was denied fice of Thorsten Schneider (SPD) The storefront again and again. Then, one of the offenders said of a party office was daubed by unknown people they should leave because otherwise a „beat- this morning in Pankow. At around 11:30 o'clock ing“ would happen. The aggrieved party pressed the writings in red paint were discovered at the charges with the police. Source: [moskito] Fach- front of a multi-family house in the Flora Street. und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Apparently the writing was directed against the Demokratie und Vielfalt housing of refugees as „Nein zum Heim“ („No the shelter“) was written. Source: SPD Pankow,  January 17, 2015 | Attack on antifascists in Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom 08.01.2015 Prenzlauer Berg On their way home from counter-protests against a hooligan meeting, two an-  January 12, 2015 | Tried harassment of assem- tifascists were first provoked and then beaten Pankower Register 2015 17

by four neonazis on Greifswalder Street. First, the property because they had not registered for they insulted the victims with „Shitty ticks“, then the consultation hours and because there was no they made the „Hitler salute“. Then, they went free appointment. They were also given an order to get reinforcement from the bar „Bierquelle“ to stay away from the house so they assembled and started threatening and beating the victims. on the sidewalk and commented „Here are the Source: Pressemitteilung der Antifa Nordost vom people“ when the mayor left. Source: Bezirksamt 18.01.2015 Pankow

 January 17 Neonazis and Hooligan meeting in  January 22, 2015 | Antiziganist incident in Prenzlauer Berg Via Facebook, among others, Berlin-Buch In connection with a shoplifting Enrico S. had called hooligans from Berlin and incident in a shopping mall in the Berlin-Buch Brandenburg to meet at the S-bahn train station neighborhood not only the accused person but Greifswalder Street to get to know each other. other people with Roma background were de- On the evening he and a few companions arrived. termined. They were accused of gang-robbery. Shortly after 20:30 o'clock a bigger group arrived Source: Amaroforo e.V. and security guard bandages were handed out. In the group of about 70 people there were several  January 24, 2015 | NPD leaflets in Heinersdorf known Neonazis, among others the right-wing In the Pankow neighborhood the NPD distrib- extremist rapper Patrick K alias „Villain051“. uted several flyers with the slogan „Sicherheit Several Hooligans from Mecklenburg-West Po- durch Recht und Ordnung“ („Safety through Law merania participated as well in the meeting. Ac- and Order“)“ to mailboxes. Source: [moskito] companied by police, they were escorted to the Fach-und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- nearby bar „Stumpfe Ecke“. A majority of the mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt group first stayed outside the bar and was heavily drunk. Some were very aggressive, covered up  January 25, 2015 | City tour of the JN Pankow their faces and repeatedly tried to break out of Following the motto „Know your hood“ the the police-cordon to attack counter-protesters. youth organization of the NPD, the Young Na- The police was able to suppress these efforts. tional Democrats organized a city tour through About 100 counter-protesters were at the scene. Pankow. Source: Facebook-Seite der NPD KV8 When the hooligans went into the bar at about Pankow vom 26.01.2015 22:00 o'clock, the scene calmed down. Source: Morgenpost vom 18.01.2015, Neues Deutschland  January 30, 2015 | NPD assembly in Buch Fri- vom 19.01.2015, Pressemitteilung der Antifa Nor- day evening an assembly of the NPD Pankow dost vom 18.01.2015 KV8 with the title „We want no further asylum shelters – not in Pankow and anywhere else“  January 20, 2015 | Neonazi assembly and tried happened. About 30 people followed the call. interruption of the citizens consultation hours A banner with the slogan „Today we are toler- of the mayor At about 16:30 o'clock about 15 ant – tomorrow we will be foreign in our own people assembled near the Buch Citizen House country“ of the NPD Berlin was displayed. In a to hold an assembly against the citizens consul- report of the NPD, published on Facebook, it tation hours of the mayor. The majority of the was lamented that politicians were working on participants were neonazis from Buch, among the „Volkstod“ and were „piece by piece steal- others Christian Schmidt (District head of the ing all identity“. Besides this, a demarcation to NPD in KV8 Pankow). After forty-five minutes Pegida or Bärgida was voiced and it was said the assembly dissolved. When most police was the NPD Pankow does not want to cooperate gone the neonazis reappeared in front of the with these movements. Source: [moskito] Fach- Buch Citizen House and tried to get into the cit- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für izens consultation hours. Christian Schmidt and Demokratie und Vielfalt, Facebook-Seite der NPD another neonazi went inside the Buch Citizen KV8 Pankow vom 31.01.2015 House. The police at the scene relegated them of 18

 January 31, 2015 | Pro Germany leaflets in ended the assembly that was disguised as a cit- Buch Over the course of the day residents in izen's hearing. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie the Berlin-Buch neighborhood found leaflets und Respekt Buch-Karow from the right-wing populist party „Pro Germa- ny“ in their mailboxes. The leaflet was entitled  February 13th NPD assembly in front of „Invitation for a citizen's hearing“ including the Pankow town hall On Friday evening the NPD emblem of the greater district of Pankow. This Pankw KV8 held an assembly to commemorate could have created the impression of an official the bombing of Dresden in front of the town invitation from the district. The seeming „citizens hall of Pankow. Seven people attended the invitation“ in reality was an assembly of the party event (among others the parties' District head on February 7th. Only when looking more closely Christian Schmidt). At around 18:00 o'clock at the leaflet one is relegated to the homepage they lit up candles and displayed a banner with of „Pro Germany“ Berlin. The letter-styled leaflet the slogan „So erfolgt Demokratisierung nach was signed by Manfred Rouhs. On its back the feiner englischer Art bis heute…“ („That's how leaflet contained racist discuss about refugees. democratization is done in fine english manner It was claimed that the majority of refugees only until today ...“) that was signed with VVNP Berlin fled to improve their economic situation. More (Vereinigte Nationalisten Nordost/Unified -Na deportations and less immigration was also de- tionalists Northeast). Up to 80 people attended manded. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und a counter-protest. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Respekt Buch-Karow Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Viel- falt und Demokratie  February 5, 2015 | Pro Germany leaflets found in Citizen House in Buch Several leaflets from  February 14, 2015 | NS glorifying banner in Pro Germany that mobilized for their assem- Berlin-Buch In the night two passersby at the bly on February 7th were found and removed. S-bahn train station Buch saw a banner with the Source: albatros gGmbH slogan „Dresden 1945 - 300.000 Tote – unver- gessen" („Dresden 1945 – 300.000 dead – unfor-  February 6, 2015 | „No to the shelter“ graffiti gotten“). They called the police. The next day the In the evening at the back exit of the S-bahn banner was not there anymore. Source: [moskito] train station Buch a graffiti with the racist slo- Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- gan „Nein zum Heim" („No to the shelter“) was mus, für Vielfalt und Demokratie discovered. Source: albatros gGmbH  February 18, 2015 | Swastika graffiti Around  February 7, 2015 | Pro Germany assembly in noon, at the back-exit of the S-bahn train station Berlin-Buch In the afternoon the right-wing Buch a swastika graffiti was discovered. Charges populist party „Pro Germany“ held an assembly were pressed with the police. Source: [moskito] at Karower Chaussee in Berlin-Buch. Speakers Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- included among others Manfred Rouhs who was mus, für Vielfalt und Demokratie organized in several right-wing extremist parties and organizations over the course of his life.  February 19, 2015 | NPD propaganda in mail- In the speeches, humans who are fleeing were boxes in Pankow Over the course of the day res- denied any reasons to do so and racist ressenti- idents in the Pankow neighborhood discovered ments against people were elevated. About 60 leaflets of the NPD with the slogan „Sicherheit people attended the assembly, but attendance durch Recht und Ordnung" („Safety through Law shrank to 25 in a short time. From these 25 re- and Order“)“ in their mailboxes. Source: [moski- maining assembly participants more than ten to] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextrem- persons were known neonazis from Buch and ismus, für Vielfalt und Demokratie Pankow. They displayed a banner of the NPD Berlin with the slogan „Heute sind wir tolerant  February 20, 2015 | III. Path leaflets in mail- – morgen fremd im eigenen Land“ („Today we boxes In the morning residents in Berlin-Buch are tolerant – tomorrow we will be foreign in our discovered leaflets of the small right-wing ex- own country“). They were ordered to stand at tremist party „The III. Path“ with the slogan the side by the police. As a result „Pro Germany“ „Asylmissbrauch stoppen" („Stop the asylum Pankower Register 2015 19

misuse“). Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerk- the misuse of asylum“) in their mailboxes. Source: stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie [moskito] Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- und Vielfalt mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt

 February 28, 2015 | NPD propaganda in mail-  March 19, 2015 | Neonazist „Cleaning action“ boxes in Prenzlauer Berg Over the course of the in Berlin-Buch (1) Neonazis of the NPD Pankow day residents in Prenzlauer Berg discovered leaf- KV8 and the JN conducted a cleaning-action in lets of the NPD with the slogan „Sicherheit durch the Schloßpark park in Berlin-Buch. While doing Recht und Ordnung" („Safety through Law and this, they also distributed leaflets to passersby. Order“). Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerk- Source: [moskito] Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsex- stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie tremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt und Vielfalt  March 23, 2015 | Racist leaflets in mailboxes  March 1, 2015 | Neonazist commemoration Over the course of the day residents in the Buch at the former grave of Horst Wessel At the neighborhood discovered racist leaflets in the former grave of Horst Wessel (former SA-storm- mailboxes. This included a leaflet of the right- front leader in Berlin) on the St. Marien and the wing populist party „Pro Germany“ with the slo- St. Nikolai cemetery in Prenzlauer Berg, flowers gan „Asylmißbrauch stoppen" („Stop the misuse were laid down and candles were positioned. of asylum“). In the flyer reasons of humans to Also, a provisional grave stone was laid down. flee were denied. Also distributed were leaflets Horst Wessel became member of the NSDAP and of the right-wing extremist campaign „Wache its storm-front division (SA) in 1926. In 1930 auf - Handeln statt Klagen" („Wake up – Action he was shot by a KPD-member and died. His instead of lamenting“) with the slogan „Gemein- grave serves as a place of pilgrimage for neonazis. sam gegen Asylmißbrauch - Berlin wehrt sich" Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen („Together against the misuse of asylum – Berlin Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt defends itself“). Source: albatros gGmbH

 March 5, 2015 | NPD propaganda in mail-  March 25, 2015 | Spontaneous neonazi as- boxes in Blankenfelde Over the course of the sembly in Berlin-Buch From 15:00 to about day residents in the Blankenfelde neighborhood 17:00 o'clock eight heavily drunk neonazis held discovered leaflets of the NPD with the slogan a spontaneous assembly in front of the store „Sicherheit durch Recht und Ordnung" („Safe- „1.000 small things“ in Berlin-Buch. Among ty through Law and Order“)“. Source: [moskito] them was a woman. Among others, slogans like Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- „Wer Deutschland nicht liebt, soll Deutschland mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt verlassen" („Those who do not love Germany should leave it“) and „Wir wollen kein Asylanten-  March 5, 2015 | „Hitler salute“ in front of heim" („We want no asylum shelter“) and other SPD office During a meeting of the SPD in neonazist slogans were bellowed and shouted. the evening, attendees observes a young man Partly the „Germany greeting“ wa hinted at. that was standing in front of the window of Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und Respekt the party's office and was displaying a „Hitler Buch-Karow salute“ into their direction. Alarmed policemen screened the 19-year old at around 19:45  March 25, 2015 | Neonazist threat In the af- o'clock at the scene. The suspect was let go afternoon a man was threatened by a known lo- ter the measures. Criminal investigations against cal neonazi with the words „Christian Schmidt is him are under way. Source: Pressemitteilung der waiting for you“. Christian Schmidt is the District Polizei vom 06.03.2015 head of the NPD Pankow KV8. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow  March 5, 2015 | III. Path leaflets in mailboxes Over the course of the day residents in the Ber-  March 25, 2015 | Racist slogan Around noon lin-Buch neighborhood discovered leaflets of the the neonazi-rapper Villain051 writes the slo- small right-wing extremist party „The III. Path“ gan „No to the shelter“ on the company car of with the slogan „Asylmißbrauch stoppen" („Stop the Arbeiterwohlfahrt that was parked in front 20

of the refugee shelter in Berlin-Buch. Criminal center in the Breite Street and another one on charges for property damage were pressed with the Antonplatz square in the Weissensee neigh- the police. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und borhood. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerk- Respekt Buch-Karow stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt  March 25, 2015 | „Open House Day“ of the refugee shelter in Berlin-Buch Between 11:00  April 5, 2015 | III. Path leaflets and stickers and 16:00 o'clock the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO), in Buch Over the course of the day residents who is running the new refugee shelter in Ber- in the Buch neighborhood discovered leaflets lin-Buch invited residents to an „Open House of the small right-wing extremist party „The III. Day“. More than 1000 visitors used the oppor- Parth“ in their mailboxes. Also, stickers with the tunity to get an impression of the shelter. On slogan „Asylmißbrauch stoppen" („Stop the mis- time at 11:00 o'clock 300 people were waiting use of asylum“) were found in the neighborhood. already in front of the entrance to be welcomed Source: DIE LINKE Pankow, albatros gGmbH by AWO-personnel, to go together through the rooms and to get information. Among the vis-  April 6, 2015 | NPD leaflets in mailboxesO ver itors were isolated Neonazis, for instance the the course of the day residents in the Nieder- neonazi-rapper Villain051 and an activist of the schönhausen neighborhood discovered leaflets NPD-Pankow KV8. Also, a group of seven to of the NPD with the slogan „Sicherheit durch eight partly heavily drunk neonazis were stand- Recht und Ordnung" („Safety through Law and ing in front of the entrance. They were wearing Order“)“ in their mailboxes. Source: [moskito] clothing of the right-wing extremist fashions Fach – und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- brand, i. a.,with the slogan „House call“. They mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt did not enter shelter however, but registered an assembly in front of the store „1.000 Kleine  April 9, 2015 | NPD info stall in Karow Between Dinge". Additionally, six to seven participants of 12:30 and 14:30 o'clock the NPD conducted the racist „chain-of-lights“, that were directed an info stall on the piazza in Karow. Three to against the shelter the end of the previous year four cadres distributed leaflets in front of the en- and during which there were open racist state- trance of a retail store chain. Source: SPD Pankow ments, were among the visitors. Two women greeted a man with a hinted-at „German greet-  April 9, 2015 | intimidation by NPD cadres ing“. Three „middle-fingers“, printed on paper, At around 12:00 o'clock NPD-cadres have were hanging from a balcony facing the shelter. photographed and threatened a visitor and her The inhabitant of this apartment often showed grand-child that came to the office of the Sen- a „real middle-finger“ in direction of the shel- ate representative Rainer-Michael Lehman with ter. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und Respekt unambiguous gestures. The staff was forced to Buch-Karow call the police because the visitor and her grand- child did not dare to leave. After arriving, the  March 29, 2015 | Pro Germany stickers discov- police calmed down the frightened citizen and ered Over the course of the day in the Berliner the child and escorted them home. Source: SPD Street (beginning at S-bahn train station Pankow) Pankow in direction Breite Street as well as on Breite Street, stickers from the right-wing populist party  April 10, 2015 | NPD assembly in front of the „Pro Germany“ were discovered. They contained Schönhauser Alle Arcaden shopping mall In the the slogan „Asylmissbrauch stoppen!" („Stop early evening starting from 18:45 o'clock almost the misuse of asylum“) and were pasted over. 30 neonazis gathered for an assembly using the Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen slogan „Stop Gentrification – stop exorbitant Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt rents and expulsion“ in front of the Schönhaus- er Allee Arcaden shopping mall. The NPD had  March 31, 2015 | Info stalls of the NPD Over announced to conduct an „nationalist assem- the course of the day according to the NPD bly in the heart of left-wing Prenzlauerberg“. Pankow KV8 two different info stalls were con- During the assembly, among others, Sebastian ducted. One was undertaken at the town hall Schmidtke (Head of the NPD Berlin) and Chris- Pankower Register 2015 21

tian Schmidt (District head Npd Pankow) held tions the security guards told the trio to leave speeches. 800 to 1000 people protested loudly the area. Then, one of the men tried in vain to against the assembly. Some isolated eggs and open the hoarding and while doing so spit at spaetzle were thrown in the direction of the NPD two staffers. His accomplice threw a bottle over assembly. From windows residents held posters the fence and hit a 28-year old staffer at the with „colorful instead of brown“ or „nazis out“ ear. In the following, the group that can be clas- slogans. Source: Tagesspiegel, Morgenpost, RBB, sified as belonging to the right-wing extremist Prenzlberger Stimme scene withdrew. They left several leaflets at the fence. The police is investigating to find the of-  April 11, 2015 | „Limited Booze Boys“ con- fenders. Source: Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom cert in Prenzlauer Berg On the occasion of the 21.04.2015, Berliner Zeitung fifth anniversary of the metal club „Blackland“ in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood the band  April 20, 2015 | NPD assembly in Berlin-Buch „Limited Booze Boys“ had an appearance. Their On the birthday of the former National Socialist longstanding guitarist Henning Haydt was part dictator Adolf Hitler the NPD Pankow KV8 held of the neonazi scene of Jena in the 1990s. He an assembly in the Karower Chausse in the Buch was investigated in relations to the „National neighborhood. For the time period of about socialist underground“ (NSU). Additionally other 12:00 o'clock to 18:00 o'clock for a start only members of the band have been spotted wearing four neonazis were manning the info stall and re- right-wing symbols and the fashion brand „Thor mained among themselves. The group grew over Steinar“, that is popular in the right-wing scene the course of the afternoon to a maximum of ten as it plays with neonazist codes. Also, statements persons, consisting of people from the local so- from members of the Band show a right-wing ex- cial environment of the NPD in Berlin-Buch and tremist orientation. The bass-guitar player of the a few neonazi cadres from the neighborhood. group wrote on Facebook: „The criminal politi- The assembly was direct against the move-in of cians want to extinguish the German people and refugees into the shelter in Buch, but did not the white race and because they are too coward resonate with the population. Among others, a to do it themselves they call the murder-gangs banner with the slogan „Asylantenheime? Nein from across the whole world to come to Europe“. Danke!" („asylum shelter? No thanks!) was dis- Source: indymedia played. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow  April 16, 2015 | NPD leaflets in mailboxes In the morning residents of the Berlin-Buch  April 21, 2015 | Insult of a security guards in neighborhood discovered leaflets of the NPD in front of future refugee shelter In the afternoon their mailboxes. Among others they contained the security guards were mobbed and insulted the slogan „Criminal foreigners out“ and „We by several neonazis from the neighborhood. are not the welfare office of the world“. Source: Around 22:00 o'clock three neonazis appeared albatros gGmbH, [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerk- again and threatened the securities announcing stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie they would return with a bigger group. The po- und Vielfalt lice was called. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow  April 20, 2015 | Attack on security guard in front of future refugee shelter in Berlin-Buch  April 23, 2015 | Swastikas in window glasses Three unidentified men have spit at and attacked An unidentified man damaged the glass store- two security guards in front of the construction front of a bakery in Prenzlauer Berg at around site of a future refugee shelter in the Buch neigh- 22:20 o'clock. A passersby observed the suspect borhood. Around 20:00 o'clock the four staffers near the S-bahn train station Schönhauser Allee of the age from 25 to 33 heard loud screaming how he was scribbling two swastikas into the at the hoarding in the Groscurth Street. Three window glasses of the store, apparently with a men were yelling racist slogans and „Sieg Heil“. stone. At this point the witness called the police. They repeated this several times and demanded The suspect fled before the arriving of the police. the staffers to come in front of the fence and The police is investigating. Source: Pressemittei- engage in a fight. Not answering the provoca- lung der Polizei vom 24.04.2015 22

 April 23, 2015 | Neonazi activities during the center of the Buch neighborhood. Source: the move-in into the new refugee shelter Berliner Zeitung, Netzwerk für Demokratie und in Berlin-Buch In the morning around 10:00 Respekt Buch-Karow o'clock three known local neonazis positioned themselves in front of the shelter and started  April 28, 2015 | Suspension of the use of play- to photograph voluntary supporters. With the ground for racist reasons In the proximity of arrival of the first refugee moving into the shelter the Art Academy Berlin-Weißensee, about 400 the neonazis photographed them too and pub- meters from the refugee shelter in the Bühring lished the picture on the Facebook page of the Street a private playground was closed to chil- NPD Pankow KV8 as well as on the Facebook dren from the shelter. Due to the „intensive use“ page „Kein Aslyanten- Container-Dorf in Buch" by the kids a barrier band was set up and the („No asylum-seekers container village in Buch“). children were told they could not play here be- With time the group grew to ten people. Around cause it was private property. Residents reported 13:00 o'clock the police sporadically ordered in- that not complaints about noise were behind dividuals to leave, criminal charges because of the measure, but the presence of the children. the publication of the pictures were pressed. In Source: taz vom 28. 04. 2015 the afternoon two residents showed the middle-finger to security guards. Around 16:00  April 28, 2015 | III. Path leaflets in mailboxes o'clock two neonazis with a megaphone walked Over the course of the day residents in the Ber- into the direction of the shelter. Around 17:30 lin-Buch neighborhood discovered leaflets of the o'clock some sort of flash-mob took place, the right-wing-extremist party III. Way“ i. a., with group grew to 20 people that assembled in front the slogan „Asylmißbrauch stoppen" („Stop the of Getränke-Hoffmann at Karower Chaussee. An misuse of asylum“) in their mailboxes. Source: assembly was held in front of the refugee shelter. albatros gGmbH The police did not intervene. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow  April 29, 2015 | Racist E-mails to supporter associations Over the course of the month April  April 24, 2015 | NPD rally in Berlin Buch several supporter associations of the loose wel- Around 18:30 o'clock about 30 people assem- come-network „Pankow helps!“ received racist bled in front of the Norma supermarket in the e-mails. I. a. it was spoken of „masses of humans Bruno-Apitz Street. With time the number grew (…) of advancing Africans“ against whom Europe to 50 people. They had followed the call of the had to „defend“ itself. It was also written of „cul- NPD and were protesting against the move-in turally and religiously foreign Arabs and Blacks“ of refugees into the new shelter in Berlin-Buch. that are „led into our country“. At the same time, Banners with the slogans „Asylantenheime? Nein statements from members of the right-wing pop- Danke! („asylum-seekers homes? No thanks!“), ulist party AfD were cited. The mails were signed „Heute sind wir tolerant - morgen fremd im ei- by different people. However, it is suspected that genen Land" („Today we are tolerant – tomor- one writer is behind these racist e-mails. Source: row we will be foreign in our own country“) Willkommensnetzwerk „Pankow Hilft!" or „Keine weiteren Asylantenheime in Berlin und Brandenburg" („no further asylum-seekers  April 30, 2015 | Homophobic insult In the homes in Berlin and Brandenberg“). Among the evening around 22:45 a security guardsmen attendees were neonazi cadres belonging to the was called a „faggot“ at the subway station NPD Pankow and the NPD Berlin. In addition, Eberswalder Street after he tried to hold off non-organized nazis from the Buch neighbor- a drunk man that wanted to squeeze into the hood and their social environment participated. overcrowded subway. Source: Register Friedrichs- Uwe Meenen (NPD Pankow), a staffer of Eu- hain-Kreuzberg ropean parliament member Udo Voigt (NPD), Christian Schmidt (NPD Pankow) and Jens I.  April 30, 2015 | NPD leaflets in mailboxes In (NPD Lichtenberg) held speeches. About 100 the morning residents of the Blankenburg neigh- people participated in the counter-protest with borhood discovered leaflets of the NPD with the the motto „refugees welcome in Buch and slogan „Sicherheit durch Recht und Ordnung" Karow“ and marched in a short route through („Safety through Law and Order“)“) in their mail- Pankower Register 2015 23

boxes. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerks- stroller. Source: ReachOut - Opferberatung vom telle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie 04.05.2015 und Vielfalt  May 4, 2015 | Racist rumor in Berlin-Buch  May 2, 2015 | Insult of security guardsmen In the neighborhood of Berlin-Buch the rumor of the Refugium Buch Around 23:30 o'clock that a supermarket chain hat to close their store the security guardsmen of the refugee shelter at the Schlosspassage at the previous week- Refugium Buch were, i.a. insulted in a racist way. ends at some times because refugees stole and Source: AWO Mitte consumed food and drinks was spread following May 4. The rumor held on for a time and  May 4, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course of was spread also on the Facebook page „Kein the day NPD stickers were found in Bleicheroder Asylanten - Container Dorf in Buch" („No asy- Street in the Pankow neighborhood, i. a.,with lum-seekers container village in Buch“ where the slogans „Das Boot ist voll" („The boat is full“) racist comments were articulated openly. Three and „Natürlich Deutsch" („Of course German“). days later the management of the store issued Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen a statement saying that the rumor was not true. Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt  May 4, 2015 | Anti-refugee graffiti in Hein- ersdorf Over the course of the day in the Hein-  May 5, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course ersdorf neighborhood an anti-refugee graffiti of the day residents in the Französisch Buchholz with the slogan „Nein zum Heim" („No to the neighborhood discovered leaflets of the NPD shelter“) was discovered. Source: www.hassver- with the Slogan „Sicherheit durch Recht und nichtet.de Ordnung" („ („Safety through Law and Order“)“) in their mailboxes. Source: [moskito] Fach- und  May 4, 2015 | NPD sticker Over the course of Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für the day in the Heinersdorf neighborhood sev- Demokratie und Vielfalt eral stickers of the NPD, i. a., with the slogans “Stoppt den US-Terror" („Stop the US terror“),  May 5, 2015 | NPD stickers on a showcase in „Heimreise statt Einreise" („Homeward journey Karow Over the course of the day NPD stickers instead of entry“) and „Mehr Geld für Oma statt were discovered on the showcase of the neigh- für Sinti und Roma" („More money for grandma borhood center at the tower. Source: albatros instead of Sinti and Roma“) as well as stickers gGmbH from the youth organization Young National Democrats (JN) were discovered and removed.  May 7, 2015 | Raid of apartments of mem- Source: www.hassvernichtet.de bers of a right-wing extremist music band In the early morning around 06:00 o'clock police  May 4, 2015 | Insult and attack of security officers searched several objects in Berlin. They guardsmen of the Refugium Buch In the night were investigating four men of the right-wing from the 3rd to the 4th of May three persons extremist scene that were under suspicion to were shaking the fence of the refugee shelter have produced music with content containing in Berlin-Buch. The alarmed security guardsmen incitement of the people. The three main ac- at the scene were insulted, i. a., in a racist way cused were members of the neonazi hip-hop and were grappled through the fence. When the formation „A3Stus". In their songs, i. a.,, hatred police arrived the offenders had already disap- against Jews is propagated. In one song lien it peared. Source: AWO Mitte says: „The protocols are written, nothing is real anymore. The wise men of Zion had their way.  May 4, 2015 | Racist insult and attack Around We must stand together against the pest“. In the 15:00 o'clock a family with a one-year old chil- district of Pankow one object in the Kastanien- dren were insulted in a racist way by a 47-year allee in Prenzlauer Berg as well as a clubhouse old women and a 47-year old men in the Heyn in the Schönerlinder Street in the neighborhood Street. The woman was pushed so heavily of Berlin-Buch. Further raids were conducted in that her kid slipped through her arms into the the Dierhagener Street in Hohenschönhausen, in 24

the Orion Street in Bernau, also raided was one  May 9, 2015 | Insult of a security guardsmen of object in Velten (Oberhavel) and one in Wan- the Refugium Buch In the night from the 9th to dlitz. The police found extensive evidence, for the 10th of May a group of people, consisting of instance 113 CDs and two PC-towers that were five people approached the refugee shelter. From confiscated for further analysis. Additionaly, the the group security guardsmen were insulted as police confiscated a throwing knife, a not-reg- „Scheiß Kanake" (shitty wog“) and otherwise of- istered air-gun and a not-registered air-pistol, fended multiple times. Source: AWO Mitte forbidden pyrotechnics and three ampule's that apparently contained amphetamines. Source:  May 13, 2015 | Racist e-mails to support- Berliner Zeitung vom 07.05.2015, Pressemittei- er associations Over the course of the day lung der Polizei vom 07.05.2015 several supporter-associations of the loose welcome-network „Pankow Hilft!“ („Pankow  May 7, 2015 | Ignition of pyrotechnics in the helps!“) received again racist e-mails. In a racist proximity of the Refugium Buch A resident way it was lamented why Germany was taking and two security guards of the refugee shelter in Muslims and it was speculated about a „col- in Berlin-Buch heard several lout cracking noises lapse“ of social security system in the case that that were described as „noises typical of New „so many million uneducated Arabs and Blacks“ Years eve“ and alarmed the police. While the would get asylum. Source: Willkommensnetzwerk noises the two securities saw two men and a "Pankow Hilft!" little later three men on Karower Chaussee. The called police could not investigate any traces of  May 13, 2015 | Racist flyersO n the afternoon the offense at the scene. Source: Pressemitteilung flyers with the title „Kanaken raus!" („wogs der Polizei vom 07.05.2015 out!“) on lamp posts surrounding the S-bahn train station in the Blankenburg neighborhood  May 8, 2015 | NPD assembly in front of Soviet were discovered and removed. Source: [moskito] memorial In the afternoon in the time peri- Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- od between 14:00 and 15:00 o'clock the NPD mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt Pankow KV8 held an assembly in front of the soviet memorial in Berlin-Buch. It was registered  May 13, 2015 | NPD stickers Around noon using the motto „70 Jahre Befreiungslüge"( „70 isolated NPD stickers, i. a., with the slogan years of the liberation lie“). Todays neonazist „Nicht nur Bäume haben Wurzeln. Auch Men- view of history was expressed. Banners with slo- schen brauchen Heimat" (Not only trees have gans like„Nun halten wir die Wacht für euch! roots. People as well need a home“) were dis- Nationalistische Jugend Berlin" („Now we on covered and removed. Source: [moskito] Fach- watch for you! Nationalist Youth Berlin“) as well und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für as "08. Mai 1945 Wir feiern nicht - Deutsche Demokratie und Vielfalt befreit Euch, denn Wahrheit macht frei" („8th of May 1945: We are not celebrating – Germant  May 17, 2015 | Racist attack in Weißensee free yourself, because truth makes free“) were In the evening two young men were attacked displayed. In addition to this, a war flag of the in a racist way by a 31-year old. Around 21:20 Reich in the colors black-white-red was waved. o'clock the offender went after the aggrieved About ten neonazis were attending, mainly party at the Tram stop Buschallee. He threw a from the Buch neighborhood and a few from jacket on one and subsequently hit him with the the citywide NPD Berlin. Speakers included flat hand into his face. While doing so he made the Head of NPD Berlin Sebastian Schmidtke. racist statements. In the following the offender The assembly had no resonance in the popula- went to the other side of the street and hit a tion. 150 residents of the Buch neighborhood second person suddenly into the neck and kicked participated in a commemoration assembly for the person with his feet in the shoulder area. the liberation from National Socialism at 17:00 Here as well the offender made racist statements. o'clock. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerk- The police arrested the offender at the Tram stop stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie Falkenberger Chaussee and began with inves- und Vielfalt tigations. Source: Tagesspiegel vom 18.05.2015 Pankower Register 2015 25

 May 19, 2015 | Racist insult and throwing form that was attached to a fence. At the same of brick stones Three 30-, 44, and 53-year old time, the „Fest of neighbors“ took place in the men were offended in a racist way and had two Citizen House of Buch. Source: [moskito] Fach- brick stones thrown their way around 16:30 und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für o'clock in the Brixener Street by two unidenti- Demokratie und Vielfalt fied people. Source: ReachOut - Opferberatung vom 19.05.2015  June 2, 2015 | Neonazist stickers on SPD district office (1)In the morning staffers of the Dis-  May 19, 2015 | NPD flyers On the later af- trict office of the SPD Pankow discovered stick- ternoon in the Pankow neighborhood, among ers from the youth organization of the NPD, the others in the Galenus Street and in the proximity Young National Democrats (JN) at the window of the S-bahn train station isolated NPD flyers glass. Source: SPD Pankow (Kreisgeschäftsstelle) with the slogan „Grenzen dicht! Asylbetrüger raus!" („Close the borders! Asylum betrayers  June 2, 2015 | leaflets in mailboxesIn the after- out!“) were discovered and removed. Source: noon residents of the Pankow neighborhood dis- [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechts covered leaflets of the NPD, i. a., with the slogan extremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt „D-Mark statt Euro-Pleite" („D-Mark instead of Euro-crash“) in their mailboxes. Source: [moskito]  May 21, 2015 | NPD info stall in Nieder- Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- schönhausen In the afternoon the NPD con- mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt ducted an info stall in the Niederschönhausen neighborhood. Six to ten neonazis stood at the  June 2, 2015 | NPD stickers Around noon at corner Hermann-Hesse Street/Wald Street and 12:00 o'clock isolated NPD stickers were dis- distributed right-wing extremist propaganda. covered between Berliner Street and the S-bahn They were picked up by a VW van when they train and subway station Pankow were discov- left the scene. Source: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen ered and removed. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Pankow Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt  May 24, 2015 | Insult and attempted attack after commemoration assembly On their way  June 3, 2015 | Neonazist graffiti in Berlin-Buch from a commemoration assembly in Berlin-Buch In the night from the 2nd to the 3rd of June two attendees were insulted with, i. a., the words two graffiti with the slogans „Fuck Antifa“ were „Du alte linke Sau" („You old left pig“) and sub- sprayed in the neighborhood Berlin-Buch. One sequently pushed. The attacked could not cause Graffiti was sprayed to the childrens Club „The any damaged due to his alcoholized condition cube“, another was found at the Buch Citi- and could be pushed back. Source: Netzwerk für zen House. Source: Netzwerk Spiel/Kultur e.V., Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow Bürgeramt Pankow

 May 24, 2015 | Disruption and threatening of  June 4, 2015 | Racist scribbling in Berlin-Buch the commemoration assembly for Dieter Eich In the afternoon around 15:30 o'clock a scrib- During the assembly for the commemoration of bling with the slogan „Nein zum Heim" („No Dieter Eich in the Berlin-Buch neighborhood, to the shelter“) was discovered on the wall of which was attended by 60 people, a disruption a retail store chain in the Bruno-Apitz Street in was caused by a 50- to 60-year old man. When the Berlin-Buch neighborhood. Employees of attendees wanted to go back to the S-bahn train the store were informed about it. Source: DIE station Buch a group of six neonazis, among oth- LINKE. Pankow ers, Christian S. photographed and mobbed the attendees from two sides. Source: Netzwerk für  June 5, 2015 | Neonazi attack in Berlin-Buch Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow, EAG Around 21:00 o'clock a 32-year old woman was beaten by a neonazi in the Franz-Schmidt  May 29, 2015 | NPD propaganda at the fence In Street in Berlin-Buch. The 32-year old woman the later afternoon a resident of the Berlin-Buch had asked the neonazi, who was accompanied neighborhood discovered a NPD-membership by a woman, to stop photographing people in 26

the Café of the citizens center. Source: ReachOut the area. The group of offenders photographed - Opferberatung smaller groups on their way home, escorted them into the S-bahn train, mobbed them and  June 9, 2015 | Racist attack on taxi-driver A then left at the S-bahn station Karow. The group taxi driver was insulted in a racist way and then of offenders then drove back to the S-bahn sta- beaten in the night from the 9th to the 10th of tion Buch and again threatened smaller groups June. According to the testimony of the 66-year on their way home. The group consisted of five old driver he all of a sudden received a punch to six men. Source: SPD Pankow at the heard from and was insulted in a racist way from a passenger when he reached the  June 13, 2015 | Strassenfeger-vendor mobbed apparent destination of the ride. The offender in the subway In the evening around 20:45 escaped without paying the fare. The taxi-driver o'clock in the S-bahn train line 2, shortly before suffered small head-injuries. The police is inves- arriving at Schönhauser Allee station, a vendor tigating. Source: Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom of the Strassenfeger magazine was mobbed re- 10.06.2015, Berliner Zeitung peatedly by a young man. Among others the words „Get out, you stink“ were articulated. The  June 10, 2015 | Threatening of assembly offender only stopped when asked by another participants In the evening about six Neonazis passenger to stop the mobbing. Source: [moskito] (among others, Christian Schmidt) have photo- Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- graphed the arrival of participants of an event mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt in the Buch Citizen House dealt with the neonazi situation in Berlin-Buch. In the following the  June 13, 2015 | Threatening of festival partic- heavily alcoholized neonazis sat down directly in ipants In the evening festival participants who front of the Buch Citizen House. One participant were threatened and mobbed on their way home pressed charges with the police that arrived 50 were threatened by neonazis at the S-bahn train minutes after being called for photographing him. station Berlin-Buch. When a small group came to Christian Schmidt filed a counter-charge in reac- the platform, Christan S. who was already on the tion to this. Source: Bündnis “Gemeinsam gegen platform, start calling people on the phone. As a Rassismus” result three to four other Neonazis armed with gloves and bottles arrived and starting mobbing  June 11, 2015 | Attack on festival prepara- the group. The offenders entered the S-bahn tion In the evening around 20:30 four neonazis train together with the group and left it at the threatened people preparing the festival „vosi- Blankenburg station. Source: vosifa fa“ in the Berlin-Buch neighborhood. First, the offenders photographed all people at the scene  June 13, 2015 | Insult and „Hitler salute“ near and yelled at them. They, however, did not an- a rally Near an antifascist rally a heavily drunk swer the provocations of the neonazis. Then, a man between the age of 50 and 55 mobbed neonazi threw a bottle which caused hand-to- participants and showed the „Hitler salute“. hand fighting. The alarmed police took the per- Three to four other, heavily alcoholized men of sonal information of the people preparing the the same age joined him and also started mob- festival. Source: vosifa bing. The police pushed them away and escorted them out of sight. Source: [moskito] Fach- und  June 12, 2015 | Pro Germany leaflets in mail- Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für boxes In the afternoon residents discovered Demokratie und Respekt. Pro Germany flyer, i. a., with the slogan „Asl- ymißbrauch stoppen" („Stop the misuse of asy-  June 13, 2015 | Pro Germany assembly at lum“) in their mailboxes. Source: SPD Pankow Storkower Street In the afternoon around 15:00 o'clock the right-wing populist party „Pro Ger-  June 12, 2015 | Threatening of festival par- many“ held an assembly with five participants. ticipants In the evening around 20:00 o'clock The party wanted to protest against the newly groups of participants who had attended the created refugee shelter and conduct a „citizens youth festival „vosifa“ were again and again hearing“. The Head of the Party Manfred Rouhs threatened by a group of neonazis when they left and the District Heard for Pankow Bento Moto- Pankower Register 2015 27

pa held speeches. The assembly in the Storkower  June 16, 2015 | Antiziganist incident in Street was called off due to strong rain after half Pankow A man from Romania went to the an hour and had no resonance with the local Sparkasse bank branch in Pankow to open an population. About sixty people participated in account. He had insufficient knowledge of Ger- a counter-protest. Source: Willkommensnetzwerk man, which is why he was accompanied by a „Pankow hilft!" German supporter. First, the Sparkasse employee claimed that because of his insufficient knowl-  June 13, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course edge of German he could not understand the of the day several NPD stickers where discovered details of the contract. When the supporter said and removed in the Heinersdorf neighborhood. that she could translate she was asked whether The stickers were carrying, i. a., the slogans „Mehr she was a sworn-in translator. In the meantime Geld für Oma statt für Sinti und Roma" („More the employee asked other employees of the bank money for grandma instead of Sinti and Roma“), two times how she should react. Then, the man „Heimreise statt Einreise" („Homeward journey and his supporter were asked for their ID. With instead of entry“) and „Asylflut stoppen“ („Stop the ID the bank employee went to the branch the asylum flood“).Source: www.hassvernichtet.de manager. Then, the branch manager explained to them that the Berliner Sparkasse generally did  June 13, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course of not accept Romanian IDs because they have been the day isolated NPD stickers, i. a., with the slo- betrayed with them in the past. Romanian ID's gan „Asylflut stoppen“ („Stop the asylum flood“) were deemed not forgery-proof. Reacting to the and „Inländerfreundlichkeit" („Native friendly“) supporter saying that this is discrimination the were discovered and removed in the Berlin-Buch branch manager said it was not racist because he neighborhood. Source: www.hassvernichtet.de would accept Romanian passports. In a later call to the Sparkasse hotline the supporter was told  June 13, 2015 | Racist bawling at the fence there is no general rule regarding the non-accept- of Refugium Buch In the night from between ance of Romanian ID's. Source: Amaroforo e.V. 22:00 o'clock and 03:00 o'clock repeated racist brawling happened at the fence of the refugee  June 16, 2015 | Arrest for scribbling of right- shelter in Berlin-Buch. Source: AWO Mitte wing extremist symbols Around noon a man was temporarily arrested in the Pankow neigh-  June 14, 2015 | NPD leaflets in mailboxes borhood because he was suspected legitimately Over the course of the weekend residents in the to have scribbled several unconstitutional and Karow neighborhood discovered NPD leaflets, i. islamophobic slogans on a bus shelter and to a., with the slogan „Sicherheit durch Recht und have placed stickers with right-wing content to Ordnung" („Safety through Law and Order“) in several other bush stops. Preceding the arrest their mailboxes. Source: SPD Pankow was an observation which happened at around 12:00 o'clock in the Wollank Street. Further-  June 14, 2015 | Pro Germany leaflets in mail- more, the 50-year old man is suspected and has boxes Over the course of the weekend residents partly confessed to have committed 118 politi- in the Berlin-Buch neighborhood discovered cally motivated criminal offenses over the course leaflets of the right-wing populist party „Pro of several years, including the use of the symbols Germany“, i. a., with the slogan „Asylmissbrauch of unconstitutional organizations, incitement of stoppen!" („Stop the misuse of asylum!“) in their the people and property damage through the mailboxes. Source: albatros gGmbH spraying of forbidden national socialist symbols. Investigators of the department to combat right-  June 14, 2015 | NPD leaflets in mailboxes wing extremist offenses obtained a court-order Over the course of the weekend residents of the to raid the apartment of the arrested in Marien- Hanns-Eisler Street in the Prenzlauerberg neigh- dorf and confiscated evidence in the form of borhood discovered NPD leaflets, i. a., with the several hundred stickers with right-wing moti- slogan „Nein zu Asylmißbrauch" („No to the mis- vated contents. After being processed for iden- use of asylum“) in their mailboxes. Source: [moski- tification, which includes the taking of- finger to] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextrem- prints and pictures, the man was let go. Source: ismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom 17.06.2015 28

 June 17, 2015 | Right-wing extremist band Das war erst der Anfang! Widerstand jetzt" T-shirt A man with the band T-shirt of the group („Robin Hood. This was only the beginning! Re- „Screwdriver“ crossed the Prenzlauer Allee/cor- sistance now!“) was sprayed on a nearby wall. ner Ostsee Street with his dog. The singer of the Source: Karow Live band is seen, i. a., as a founder of the right-wing extremist music network „Blood and Honour“.  June 29, 2015 | NPD stickers on SPD citizens Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen officeIn the morning staffers of an SPD citizens Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Respekt office in the Karow neighborhood discovered NPD stickers, i. a., with the slogan „Arbeit –  June 18, 2015 | Neonazist „cleaning action Freiheit – Vaterland" („Work – Freedom – Fa- in Berlin-Buch (2) Over the course of the day therland“). Source: Bürgerbüro Rainer-Michael several neonazis carried out a „cleaning action Lehmann (SPD) in Berlin-Buch. According to their own statement on the Facebook page of the NPD Pankow  June 30, 2015 | NPD assembly in Berlin-Buch KV8 they wanted to clean „the brown heart of In the afternoon from 16:00 o'clock on the NPD Berlin“ from „leftist propaganda“ and „skeevy held an assembly with the motto „Freedom of leftists stickers and graffiti“. Source: [moskito] expression also for Germans – Stop professional Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- bans!“) in front of a retail chain store in the Bru- mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt no-Apitz Street. About 20 participants showed up, Sebastian Schmidtke (Head of the NPD Ber-  June 18, 2015 | Anti-Antifa Sticker at the lin), Christian Schmidt (District head of the NPD JUP Over the course of the day staffers from Pankow) and Jens Irgang (NPD Lichtenberg) held the „Independent Youth Center Pankow – JUP speeches. After roughly two hours the assembly e.V.“ discovered a neonazist sticker with the slo- ended. Source: [moskito] Fach – und Netzwerk- gan „Destroy antifa groups“ at their door and stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie removed it. Source: JUP e.V. und Vielfalt

 June 23, 2015 | NPD and III. Path stickers In  June 30, 2015 | Neonazist stickers on an SPD the later afternoon several stickers of the NPD, District office (2)In the morning staffers of the i. a., with the slogan „Heimreise statt Einreise" District office of the SPD Pankow discovered („Homeward journey instead of entry“), and stickers from the „Free Forces Neukölln“ next from the right-wing extremist party „III. Path“, to the office door. Source: SPD Pankow (Kreis- i. a., with the slogan „Asylmißbrauch stoppen!" geschäftsstelle) („Stop the misuse of asylum!“) were discovered and removed on Breite Street in the Pankow  July 1, 2015 | Racist attack in Weißensee In neighborhood. Source: [moskito] Fach- und the morning a family of four became victim of a Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für racist attack. According to their testimony, the Demokratie und Vielfalt four were on their way to their accommodation when they stopped at the red pedestrian light  June 24, 2015 | NPD info stall in Wilhelmsruh Buschalle/corner Hansa Street. All of a sudden An info stall of the NPD was conducted in the five men stormed from a nearby Café towards Wilhelmsruh neighborhood near the S-bahn train the family yelling racist slogans. Without appar- station in the morning between 10:00 and 12:00 ent reason the attackers beat the 42-year old o'clock. All in all about six neonazis manned the father and his 41-year old wife. The eleven-year stand, they were supported by Jens from the old daughter also received a punch. The two NPD-Lichtenberg. Source: [moskito] Fach- und adults suffered graze wounds from the assault, Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für the girl left the incident with a bruise. One of Demokratie und Vielfalt the offenders grabbed a breast-wallet with a bit cash, a mobile phone and personal documents.  June 27, 2015 | Swastika graffiti at Schloss- The offenders escaped into a small restaurant park gate Over the course of the day a swastika where two of them were arrested by alarmed graffiti was discovered at the main door of the policemen. The 24- and 36-year old men were Schlosspark Buch. Also, the slogan „Robin Hood. handed over to the intelligence services of the Pankower Register 2015 29

State Office of Criminal Investigation. The other  July 14, 2015 | Anti-Semitic statement In the unidentified could escape. Source: Pressemittei- morning the audio tour „Jewish Histor(ies) in lung der Polizei vom 01.07.2015, Tagesspiegel vom Prenzlauer Berg“, developed by the „Working 01.07.2015 group historical-political education“ (AKHiPoBil) was presented to the public. Before the start of  July 3, 2015 | NPD leaflets in mailboxes Over the event an anti-Semitic statement of a passers- the course of the day residents of the Karow by occured after he had read the leaflet of the neighborhood discovered leaflet of the NPD, i. project when he asked members of the working a., with the slogan „Sicherheit durch Recht und group whether they had already paid their tax- Ordnung" („ („Safety through Law and Order“)!“) es. When asking for clarification the man said: in their mailboxes. Source: albatros gGmbH, „Well, Jews don't have to pay taxes in Germany [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Re- if they can prove up to the 10th generation that chtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt their ancestors have experienced disadvantages through the Holocaust“. Further he addresed the  July 5, 2015 | Attack on homeless person In two staffers saying: „You must be Jewish guessing the evening around 19:30 o'clock homeless peo- from the way you are trying to twist my words“. ple were attacked in the Prenzlauer Berg neigh- He left with the word „You are a dumb Jew“. borhood. In the proximity of the S-bahn train Source: Recherche- und Informationsstelle Anti- station Storkower Street two heavily drunk men semitismus - RIAS approached the homeless. First, the aggrieved party was mobbed, then insulted. Then, the of-  July 14, 2015 | „Black crosses“ in Berlin-Buch fenders tried to threaten them. In the end the and Karow In the evening residents in the Ber- offenders sprayed pepper-spray in the direction lin-Buch and Karow neighborhood discovered of the aggrieved party and tried to throw a beer „black crosses“. Those „black crosses“ represent bottle towards them. In a brawl one offender, an action of neonazis to point to alleged violence who was wearing a heavy ring, tried to hit one of foreigners towards Germans. The police was victim with a punch. That was only partly suc- called and the crosses were taken away. Source: cessful. The offender then tried to choke one SPD Pankow victim and put them in a choke hold. The victim could fend this off and the attackers left the area.  July 15, 2015 | NPD leaflets and stickers in Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Weißensee In the last days residents discovered Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt stickers and leaflets of the NPD with the slogan „Sicherheit und Ordnung" („Safety and Order“)  July 6, 2015 | Identity-ists leaflet and scratched in the Hansa Street and its surroundings. Stickers window glasses at the office of a Represent- of the NPD were also seen on posters of the po- ative from DIE LINKe Berlin Over the course lice. Source: Familienzentrum Hansastraße of the day staffers of the office of the Repre- sentatives Breitenbach, Möller, Wolf (DIE LINKE  July 19, 2015 | Racist attack in Weißensee Berlin) discovered leaflets of the „Identity-ists“ in Around 20:45 o'clock a 35-year old men was the mailbox. Six days before the window glasses first insulted in a racist way by a 46-year old were deliberately scratched by unidentified of- man and then beaten in the Bizet Street. Source: fenders. The intelligence services of the police ReachOut - Opferberatung are investigating. Source: Abgeordnetenbüro Bre- itenbach, Möller, Wolf (DIE LINKE Berlin)  July 23, 2015 | „Hitler salute” next to a demonstration In the evening an antifascist demon-  July 13, 2015 | JN stickers Over the course of stration to point to the racist attacks in the area the day residents of the Karow neighborhood happened in Weißensee. At the height of the bar discovered stickers of the Young National Dem- „To the pasta wood“ a person showed a „Hitler ocrats (JN) in front of the Rober-Haveman high salute“ towards the participants of the rally and school. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerk- then went into the bar. A group was watch- stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie ing the demonstration from the distance. One und Vielfalt person was wearing a T-shirt with the imprint 30

„HoGeSa" („Hooligans gegen Salafisten“, „Hoo- of the 28-year old. He could be arrested again ligans against Salafists"). Source: Antifa Nordost shortly after by officers from a police squadron. The group continued their way to the stadium.  July 23, 2015 | Racist insult and threat next Shortly after called in officers also arrested the to a demonstration During a demonstration in 37-year old for liberation of an arrested person Weißensee in the evening a participant pressed temporarily. Both men got a stadium ban and charges with the police for racist insults and were released after being processed for identi- threats. The 24-year old reported to officers fication. The police is investigating for charges that he was at first insulted from two men from of assault, insult and the liberation of prisoners. the balcony of a house in the Buschallee. Later The injured 48-year old was hospitalized. His he was threatened with a baseball bat by one of injuries made a surgery necessary. Source: taz, the men. The policemen then checked the two Tagesspiegel, Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom 32- and 37-year old suspects. Apparently, they 25.07.2015 were waiting for the reactions of the officers on the sidewalk. According to first investigations  July 24, 2015 | Racist attack in a snack bar In both were alcoholized. The officers confiscated the night one man that remained unidentified the baseball bat as evidence. The intelligence rioted in front of a snack bar in the Prenzlau- service of the State Office of Criminal Investiga- er Berg neighborhood and insulted the owner tion took over the investigation. According to with racist slogans. After hitherto existing inves- the Tagesspiegel the suspects are right-wing ex- tigations, the man had previously misbehaved tremists from the spectre of the „Reich citizens“. at around 22:00 o'clock in a nearby bar in the Source: Tagesspiegel, Pressemitteilung der Polizei Greifswalder Street. According to witnesses he vom 24.07.2015 threw a bottle through the room, wanted to steal another bottle and hit the arm of a 28-year  July 23, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course old employee. The unidentified, who was de- of the day NPD stickers, i. a., with the slogan scribed as alcoholized and as wearing „BFC Dy- "Heimreise statt Einreise" („Homeward journey namo“ fan clothing, then left the bar and started instead of entry!“) were discovered in the Buch to insult the 46-year old owner of the snack neighborhood. Source: albatros gGmbH bar in a racist way. In the course of the rioting is accused of having thrown stools in direction  July 24, 2015 | Homophobic attack after a soc- of the window glasses and into the direction of cer game Next to a soccer game in Prenzlauer the own and his employees. While doing so he Berg in the evening an incident happened where is reported to have hurt hist hand lightly. After a homosexual couple was first insulted and then kicks against the window glasses were also not seriously injured. According to hitherto existing sucessful, the rioter reportedly collected stones knowledge the two 37- and 48-year old men from the track bed of the tram and threw it at were walking the sidewalk on Schönhauser Al- the snack bar. This caused damage at the glasses lee at 18:25 o'clock holding hands. Here, they of the front door. Expressing further racist insults encountered a group of around 20 people that and the threat to „burn down“ the bar the sus- were walking into the other direction. It was pect sould fled before the arrival of the police. partly wearing fan-clothing and on their way to The police is investigating. Source: Tagesspiegel, a soccer game at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn stadium. Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom 25.07.2015 From the group the couple was insulted by a 28- year old. Shortly after he hit repeatedly punched  July 26, 2015 | Racist insult and threat A 27- the face of the 48-year old so he was seriously year old woman was harassed, insulted and injured. In the meantime his partner ran towards threatened in a racist way around 19:30 o'clock police officers who were registering a car crash in in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood. While she the vicinity of the event and called for help. The was eating food she had brought, three men ap- alarmed police officers moved in, temporarily proached her, sat down next to her and started arrested the 28-year old and alarmed the fire- their tirade. The attacked ultimately fled un-in- fighters. Then, a 37-year old friend of the arrest- jured and escaped the offenders. The police is ed pulled him from the officers and pushed them investigating. Source: Pressemitteilung der Polizei aside, which resulted in the temporarily escape vom 27.07.2015 Pankower Register 2015 31

 July 28, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course the proximity of the S-bahn train station Schön- of the day NPD stickers were discovered in the hauser Allee in the Prenzlauerberg neighborhood Karow neighborhood. Source: [moskito] Fach- and removed. Source: EAG und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt  August 4, 2015 | Right-wing extremist stickers Over the course of the day residents in the  July 29, 2015 | NPD leaflets in mailboxesO ver Mühlen Street and the Berliner Street in the the course of the day residents of the Weißen- Pankow neighborhood discovered stickers of see neighborhood discovered leaflets of the the „Movement new order“ and removed them. NPD with the slogan „Sicherheit durch Recht Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen und Ordnung" („Safety through Law and Order“) Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt in their mailboxes. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für  August 5, 2015 | Racist graffiti in Pankow Demokratie und Vielfalt At noon around 13:00 o'clock a racist graffiti with the slogan „Asylanten go home" („asy-  July 31, 2015 | Racist notes in mailboxes Over lum-seekers go home“) was discovered at the the course of the morning residents discovered corner Brenner Street/Schönhauser Alle in the isolated notes with racist content on and in their Pankow neighborhood. According to the police mailboxes. They were speaking of an „Asylum- around 14:00 o'clock a graffiti with the same seeker-lobby“, „prosperity aspirants“ and „asy- content in the Berliner Street and around 18:45 lum-liars“ and that the rising number of refugees o'clock another on the facade of a house in the represents a „foreign infiltration“. In the last Mühlen Street was discovered and reported. paragraph it was allegedl that refugees are get- All three graffiti were written with red paint. ting too much money because the amount they Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen receive have been approximated the amount of Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt; Hartz-IV benefits. Source: albatros gGmbH Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom 06.08.2015

 August 1, 2015 | Bomb threat in Refugee  August 6, 2015 | Racist graffiti at JUP In the shelter Around 15:00 o'clock an unidentified morning residents of the Pankow neighborhood person called the refugee shelter in the Pankow discovered that that the slogan „Not Refugees“ neighborhood and threatened to bring a bomb was sprayed on the independent Youth Club JUP into the shelter. The police investigated. Source: in the Flora Street. Source: JUP e.V. Schriftliche Anfrage Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin Drucksache 17/ 17661 vom 15.01.2016  August 7, 2015 | Racist attack at the S-bahn train station Pankow In the night a racist at-  August 3, 2015 | Anti-Semitic stickers In the tack happened in the Pankow neighborhood. night from the 2nd to the 3rd of August different According to the police a 33-year old Maroccan stickers with right-wing extremist content were was approached at around 22:10 o'clock from a discovered in the Greifswalder Street in the Pren- group and was asked whether he spoke English. zlauerberg neighborhood and removed. On stick- When he denied and said he only spoke Arabic er motive pictured sheep with long noses. The his opponent is reported to have said exactly this: sheep have a black hat and long temple locks. It „Get out you shitty Arab, out of our country!“. also included the writing „Jews dumb“ and „Israel Then, the insulted wanted to confront him, in dumb“. Also, an anti-antifa sticker with the slogan German. The suspect then started to attack the „Antifa-action: suicide against nazis“ was discov- 33-year old with punches and kicks. Even though ered. In addition to this, a few stickers carried the the attacked could sidestep the attack at first he slogan „Warum redet ihr von Nazis, ihr Meinungs- was injured lightly. Another man from the group faschisten" („Why are you talking about nazis, you could pull the man away. While the suspect opinion-fasicsts“). Source: Antifa Nordost went to the next bar with his buddies the young Moroccan alarmed the police. When it arrived  August 4, 2015 | Anti-Antifa sticker Over the the suspect flew. The StateO ffice of Criminal In- course of the day several stickers with the slogan vestigation is investigating. Source: Tagesspiegel, „Love Football - Hate Antifa" were discovered in Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom 08.08.2015 32

 August 12, 2015 | Refugee-supporter at- attacked and hurt with a racist motivation by tacked while handing out leaflets In the night an unitentified man shortly after the stop Pren- three men have attacked a refugee-supporter zlauer Allee in the Tram line M2. Just when the at around 01:00 o'clock. The 19-year old dis- 34-year old went to stay between the two the tributed together with companions leaflets with man stopped kicking. Source: ReachOut - Opfer- pictures of suspected refugee-shelter opponents beratung vom 18.08.2015 into the mailboxes of apartment houses in the Walter-Friedrichs Street as the police reported.  August 18, 2015 | Rassistischer Angriff in Tram While doing so he was pushed to the ground M2 Gegen 23:30 Uhr wurde eine 39-jährige and held there by three men known to the po- Frau, die in Begleitung einer 34-jährigen Freun- lice. His companions withdrew from the scene din ist, kurz nach der Haltestelle Prenzlauer Allee and called the police. The officers took hold of in der Tramlinie M2 aus rassistischer Motivation the three thugs and charged them with serious von einem unbekannten Mann angegriffen und assault. But investigations are also under way verletzt. Erst als die 34-Jährige sich dazwischen against the activist who was lightly injured at his stellte, hörte der Mann auf zu treten. Source: arm. Because the leaflet contained the faces of ReachOut - Opferberatung vom 18.08.2015 suspected refugee-shelter opponents, a violation of the copyright law could be charged. Source:  August 20, 2015 | NPD info stall in Berlin-Buch Morgenpost vom 12.08.2015, Pressemitteilung Over the course of the day the NPD conduct- der Polizei vom 12.08.2015 ed an info stall at the corner Wiltberg Street/ Walter-Friedrich Street in Berlin-Buch. Racist  August 17, 2015 | Swastika and SS-runes at propaganda against refugees was distributed. the S-bahn train station Pankow Over the Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen course of the day swastikas and ss-runes were Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt discovered on the advertisement walls inside the S-bahn train station Pankow. They were painted  Augst 21, 2015 | III. Path sticker discovered with a marker with gold color. Source: EAG and removed Over the course of the day residents in the Pankow neighborhood discovered  August 17, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course stickers of the small right-wing extremist party of the day residents of the Karow neighborhood „III. Path“ and removed them. The stickers were discovered NPD stickers and removed them. found in the Berliner Street and in the adjoin- The stickers were carrying, i. a., the slogan „Das ing streets and were carrying, i. a., the slogan Boot ist voll" („The boat is full“), „Geld für Oma „Kriminelle Ausländer raus" („Criminal foreigners statt für Sinti und Roma" („Money for grandma out“). Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerks- instead of for Sinti and Roma“), „US Bomben- telle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie terror" („US bombing terror“) or „Asylflut stop- und Vielfalt pen" („Stop the asylum flood“).Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis-  August 22, 2015 | Racist insult in Buch Two mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt security guardsmen of a refugee shelter were insulted in the Buch neighborhood. According  August 17, 2015 | Rassistischer Angriff in Tram to them, around 02:30 o'clock four men and M2 Gegen 23:30 Uhr wird eine 39-jährige Frau, a woman demanded to use a path through the die in Begleitung einer 34-jährigen Freundin ist, property of the refugee shelter in the Groscurth kurz nach der Haltestelle Prenzlauer Allee in Street. When the two 23- and 27-year old secu- der Tramlinie M2 aus rassistischer Motivation rity guardsmen refused this, they were insulted in von einem unbekannten Mann angegriffen und a racist way by the five people. The group could verletzt. Erst als die 34-Jährige sich dazwischen leave the scene before the arrival of the police stellt, hört der Mann auf zu treten. Source: without being identified. Source: Pressemittei- ReachOut - Opferberatung vom 18.08.2015 lung der Polizei vom 22.08.2015

 August 17, 2015 | Racist attack in Tram M2  August 22, 2015 | Urinating on children In At around 23:30 o'clock a 39-year old women, the evening around 21:45 o'clock two men accompanied by a 34-year old female friend was entered the S-bahn ring train S41 at the sta- Pankower Register 2015 33

tion Landsberger Allee in the Prenzlauer Berg „Deutschland den Deutschen" („Germany for the neighborhood. When they saw a small family Germans“) and „Stefan, wir müssen kämpfen für they expressed racist insults against the family. unser Land. Die müssen alle raus" („Stefan, we Words like „Asylumseeker riffraff“, „master race“ need to fight for our land. They must all leave“). and „Heil Hitler!“ were spoken. According to in- Before they had assembled at a nearby late-night formation from the federal police, the men de- shop. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle manded of the family to leave Germany immedi- gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und ately. Also, the „Hitler salute“ was displayed and Vielfalt the family was spit at. Then, one of the offenders, Christoph Sch. (32), took down his pants and  August 26, 2015 | Right-wing extremist parol urinated on the children. Christoph Sch. is a ne- through Blankenburg (1) Over the course of onazi from Neukölln who is known to the police the day neonazis patrolled through the Blank- and has a criminal record. On August 3rd he enburg neighborhood. In their self-proclaimed had participated in a Bärgida assembly where he „Hood-patrol for safety, law and order“ they was noticed for aggressive behavior while being went to an abandoned building. In the future it in the company of neonazi-hooligans. Several is planned that homeless people will live there, riders called the police. When the two men left which is interpreted by the neonazis as „Roma the train at the S-bahn station Frankfurter Allee and Sinti“. With their patrol they want to make in the Friedrichshain neighborhood they were those people fear them. At the same time, they arrested by federal police. An alcohol test of the put up stickers, i. a., with the slogan „Go Home two men at the age of 32 and 37 showed they Kanacke" („Go home whog“) and put leaflets had 1,79 and 2.31 per mill. They are being in- into mailboxes, i. a.,with the slogan „Asylflut vestigated for racist insults and assault. Source: stoppen" („Stop the asylum flood“) or „Sicher- Tagesspiegel vom 25.08.2015, Berlin rechtsaußen heit durch Recht und Ordnung" („Safety through vom 31.08.2015, Thüringer Allgemeine Zeitung Law and Order“). Source: [moskito] Fach- und vom 02.09.2015 Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt  August 23, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course of the day NPD stickers were discovered at the  August 28, 2015 | Burglary at refugee shelter S-bahn train station Pankow and removed. They In the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood an uniden- were carrying, i. a., the slogan "Asylflut stoppen" tified person did break into a refugee shelter and („Stop the asylum flood“). produced pictures of it. Source: Schriftliche An- frage Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin Drucksache 17/  August 23, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course 17661 vom 15.01.2016 of the day residents of the Karow neighborhood discovered stickers of the NPD and removed  August 29, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the course them. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerks- of the day stickers of the right-wing extremist telle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie party NPD were discovered in the Karow neigh- und Vielfalt borhood and removed. Among other slogans they contained the slogans „Kindergärten statt  August 24, 2015 | Neonazist writing and swas- Asylantenheime" („Kindergardens instead of asy- tika graffitiIn the evening around 22:00 o'clock lum-seekers homes“), „Kriminalität bekämpfen, a neonazist writing with the slogan „White Pow- Grenzen sichern" („Fight crime, secure the bor- er“ and a swastika were discovered in an un- ders“), and „Asylflut stoppen" („Stop the asylum derpass between the Tram and the S-bahn train flood“). Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerk- station Greifswalder Street in the Prenzlauer Berg stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie neighborhood and then removed. Source: Antifa und Vielfalt Nordost  August 29, 2015 | NPD assembly in front  August 26, 2015 | Racist slogans in the streets of public pool Around noon between 12:00 Around 23:30 o'clock a group of four men ran and 14:00 o'clock the NPD Pankow KV8 held through the Berliner Street and was yelling racist an assembly in front of the public pool in the slogans like „Scheiß Kanaken" („Shitty wogs“), Wolfshagener Street. The motive was to make a 34

statement against alleged „foreign infiltration“. asylum-seekers homes“) or „Geld für Oma statt In 2013 the pool had to be evicted on one day für Sinti und Roma" („Money for grandma in- because of fighting between youths. The neona- stead of for Sinti and Roma“). Source: [moskito] zis were interepreting this incident in a racist way Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- and took it as the occasion to hold an assembly mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt two years later. Thirteen neonazis followed the call. Christian Schmidt (District head of the NPD  September 3, 2015 | III. Path leaflets in mail- Pankow), Jens Irgang (NPD Lichtenberg) and boxes Over the course of the day residents in the Aileen Rokohl (NPD Barnim-Uckermark) held Berlin-Buch neighborhood discovered leaflets of speeches. In addition, several neonazis from the right-wing extremist party „III. Path“ in their the Berlin-Buch neighborhood participated in mailboxes. Among others they were carrying the the event. 120 protested in a counter-assem- slogan „Aslymißbrauch stoppen" („Stop the mis- bly following the motto „No hood for nazis“ use of asylum“). Source: albatros gGmbH against the present neonazis. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis-  September 5, 2015 | NPD and neonazis stick- mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt, Antifa Nordost ers Over the course of the last days severeal NPD vom 30.08.2015, Tagesspiegel vom 29.08.2015, and neonazi stickers were found in the Karow Prenzlberger Stimme vom 30.08.2015, Ost:Blog neighborhood and removed. Among others they vom 30.08.2015 were carrying the slogan "Das Boot ist voll" („The boat is full“), "Grenzen sichern" („Secure the bor-  August 30, 2015 | Right-wing extremist pa- ders“) or "Unseren Helden gedenken" („Com- trol through Blankenburg (2) Again right-wing memorate our heroes“). Source: [moskito] Fach- extremists patrolled through the Blankenburg und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für neighborhood over the course of the day. In their Demokratie und Vielfalt self-proclaimed „Hood patrol for Safety, Law and Order“ they moved again to an abandoned  September 6, 2015 | Homophobic insult and building. In their self-proclamation it says they beating In the morning around 07:00 o'clock want to „educate (…) about the illegal gypsy two men were first insulted and then beaten in house“. Among other things stickers withx the the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood. According to slogan „Refugees not welcome“ were posted. their testimony, they were walking the Bornhol- Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen mer Street, holding hands when they were first Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt insulted in a homophobic way by four unidentified people. The two 43- and 53-year old men  August 30, 2015 | NPD poster Over the course did not answer the insults and tried to walk their of the day a poster of the right-wing extremist way. This, however, was not successful as the party NPD was discovered on a recycling glass group started to punch them. The older man suf- container in the Karow neighborhood. It was car- fered injuries in his face and on the shoulder. The rying the slogan „Wir arbeiten - Brüssel kassiert" younger man's face was injured as well. In the („We are working – Brussels is cashing in“). Also, following the thugs apparently fled in direction stickers with the slogan „Nein zum Heim - wir Pankow. Paramedics brought the two injured to wollen keine Asylanten" („No to the shelter – we a hospital that they could leave again after an don't want asylum-seekers“) were discovered. ambulant treatment. The intelligence services of Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen the police have taken over investigations. Source: Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt Pressemitteilung der Polizei vom 06.09.2015

 September 1, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the  September 7, 2015 | NPD assembly in Blank- course of the day stickers of the right-wing ex- enburg In the afternoon around 16:15 o'clock tremist party NPD were discovered in the Karow about twelve neonazis on the intersection Krug- neighborhood and removed. They were posted, stege/Bahnhof Street. Their assembly was direct- among other locations at the S-bahn train station ed against an abandoned building and future and for instance on several bus stops. The stick- acccomodation for homeless people, which they ers were carrying, i. a., the slogans „Kindergärten interpreted as „Roma and Sinti“. They displayed statt Asylantenheime" ('Kindergardens instead of banners with the slogan „Einmal Deutschland Pankower Register 2015 35

und zurück" („One time to Germany and back“)  September 11, 2015 | Kick in the S-bahn In and „Heute sind wir tolerant - morgen fremd im the night, around 001:00 o'clock at the S-bahn eigenen Land" („Today we are tolerant – tomor- station Schönhauser Allee, a neonazi kicked a row we are foreign in our own land“). Jens Irgang passenger, who was leaving the train, fiercely (NPD Lichtenberg) and Christian Schmidt (Dis- against his shinbone with steel bar-reinforced trict head of the NPD Pankow KV8) and mainly shoes. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerks- neonazis from Buch were attending. The assem- telle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie bly did not resonate with the local population und Vielfalt and was over after roughly one and a half hours. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen  September 11, 2015 | Neonazi stickers Over Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt the course of the day neonazi stickers of the NPD, i. a., with the slogan „Millionen zuerst  September 9, 2015 | NPD and neonazist stick- für das eigene Volk" („Spend millions first on ers Over the course of the last days several stick- your own people“), the JN, i. a., with the slogan ers of the NPD, the „Identitiy-ists“ or „No to the „Sag was du denkst“ („Say what you think“), shelter“ stickers were discovered in the Karow the „III. Path“, i. a., with the slogan „Ausländer neighborhood and removed. Source: [moskito] raus" („Foreigners out“) as well ass „No to the Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- shelter“ and „Identity-ists“ were discovered and mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt removed. Source: www.hassvernichtet.de

 September 9, 2015 | Right-wing clothing  September 12, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the brands On the Jürgen-Kuczinsky square in the course of the day NPD stickers, i. a., with the Weißensee neighborhood five men around the slogan „Millionen zuerst für das eigene Volk" age of 40 were seen. At least one of them was („Spend millions first on your own people“) wearing a Thor-Steinar shirt. Source: [moskito] were discovered and removed in the Heinersdorf Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- neighborhood. Source: www.hassvernichtet.de mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt  September 12, 2015 | Right-wing clothing on  September 10, 2015 | AfD info stall on the firefighter fest During a firefighter fest in the Panke fest This weekend the Panke fest took Pankow neighborhood a person wearing a T-shirt place in the Pankow neighborhood. The party of the right-wing rock band „Landser“ was seen. „Alternative for Germany“ was present with an Also, when the son of a person was praised on info stall and distributed their at times right- the fest the following remark was made „Most wing populist leaflets. Source: [moskito] Fach- importantly he is a German boy“. Source: [moski- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für to] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextrem- Demokratie und Vielfalt ismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt

 September 11, 2015 | Islamophobic graffitiIn  September 12, 2015 | Racist graffiti Over the the afternoon residents of the Weißensee neigh- course of the day racist writing were discov- borhood discovered an islamophobic scribbling ered in the Pankow neighborhood and partly at the bus stop Buschallee/Hansa Street. The painted over. In the vicinity of the S-bahn train scribbling was written with a black edding mark- station Pankow several writings saying „No Mus- er on the bus schedule and was well readable. lime" („No Muslims“), „No muslime here" („No It consisted of the slogan „Islam raus“ („Islam Muslims here“) or „No Islam here" („No islam out“). Source: Haus der Jugend-Bunte Kuh e.V. here“) were found. One writing was changed to „No Racism“ which was changed again to „Yes  September 11, 2015 | NPD mailboxes action racism“ shortly after. In addition, one writing In the morning residents from the Berlin-Buch with the slogan „No Imigration - Bürgerauf- neighborhood discovered leaflets of the NPD in stand - Merkel raus" („No immigration – citi- their mailboxes, i. a.,with the slogan „Asylbetrug zens uprising – Merkel out“) and „Milliarden für macht uns arm" „Asylum betrayal is making us Wirtschaftsflüchtlinge und 5 Euro für Hartz4" poor“). Source: albatros gGmbH (Billions for economic refugees and five euros for HartzIV“) was discovered on the CDU office. 36

On a glass container in the Mühlen Street the over the course of the day. With their self-pro- slogan „Asylpack raus" („Asylum vermin out“) claimed „Hood patrol for Safety, Law and Order“ was discovered. In the same street several isolat- they wanted to march to an abandoned building. ed stickers of the „Compact“ magazine that can While doing this, they were stopped by the po- be classified as belonging to the New Right, were lice and had to stop their patrol. Source: [moski- discovered. Source: EAG, tivolotte Mädchenclub, to] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextrem- [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Re- ismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt chtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt  September 19, 2015 | Push into the train rock  September 13, 2015 | Threat on the way home bed Saturday night around 0:20 o'clock two A young woman was insulted as being a „shitty men were pushed into the train rock bed by a tick“ and then threatened with the announce- youth-group at the S-bahn train station Pren- ment of getting „stabbed“ by an unidentified zlauer Alle in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood. man on her way home in the Granitz Street. One of the victims was apparently visually hand- Source: ReachOut - Opferberatung icapped and suffered serious head-injuries. The group escaped with the ring-train in direction  September 14, 2015 | NPD and right-wing Gesundbrunnen. The federal police is investi- stickers In the last days several stickers of the gating. Source: Berliner Kurier vom 22.09.2015 NPD as well as from a right-wing soccer camaraderie „Legion Germania“ was discovered in  September 19, 2015 | Threat by neonazis in the Karow neighborhood and removed. Source: front of Pankow town hall In the night around [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Re- 23:14 o'clock a man (beginning 20's) was threat- chtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt ened by two known neonazis in the vicinity of the Pankow townhall in the Pankow neighborhood.  September 14, 2015 | NPD leaflets in mailbox- They first started a casual conversation at the es Over the course of the day, residents from the Tram stop, when all of a sudden the atmosphere Heinersdorf neighborhood discovered NPD leaf- changed and they asked „Are you a leftist?“ and lets in their mailboxes. Headings in the leaflets said „For this alone he deserves a beating“. Then, were, i.a. „Asylbetrug macht uns arm" („Asylum they told that „nationalist Germans“ are being betrayal is making us poor“) or „Asyl ist kein laid off because of their beliefs and that this Menschenrecht" („Asylum is no human right“). is „shitty“. The insulted man entered the next Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen tram, the two neonazis remained at the station. Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt  September 14, 2015 | Racist stickers In the last days again and again racist stickers were  September 19, 2015 | Racist statements in discovered in the vicinity of the subway station Berlin-Buch In the evening racist statements Vineta Street situated in the Pankow neighbor- were expressed and it was threatened to com- hood were discovered and removed. One sticker mot criminal offenses against a refugee shelter motive displayed apes and giraffes alongside the in the Berlin-Buch neighborhood. The police is slogan „go back to your home“. Another motive investigating. Source: Schriftliche Anfrage Ab- carried the slogan “No way you will not make geordnetenhaus Berlin Durcksache 17/17661 Germany home". The stickers were replaced in short time, but also removed again fast. Also, in  September 20, 2015 | Mobbing and attack in vicinity of the Panke fest on Breite Street stick- Weißensee Around noon at about 12:30 o'clock ers with the slogan “Refugees are not welcome” a person was first insulted and then attacked were discovered. Source: [moskito] Fach- und in the Weißensee neighborhood. The attacked Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für person was on a walk to Weiße lake and went Demokratie und Vielfalt from Ostsee Street crossing Schön Street towards Kreuzpfuhl. On the way to Kreuzpfuhl the person  September 16, 2015 | Neonazi patrol through heard a man (about 35-years old) yelling loudly. Blankenburg (3) Again right-wing extremists pa- The mobbing person was saying sentences like trolled through the Blankenburg neighborhood „...they have now decided to islamize Germa- Pankower Register 2015 37

ny...“ and further racist statements. The affected in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood. The two person then told the man to stop this racist non- affected people had entered the tram at the stop sense. In the following the person was insulted Greifswalder Street/corner Danziger Street and as „traitor of the Germans“, „Vote animal“ and had jostled the man most likely unintentionally. the offender hit the affected person. When the However, he immediately reacted very aggressive affected person withdrew a bit and started to with „Shut up“, „Get out of my country“, and take pictures of the attacker, he mobbed and „Shut up, we are in Germany here“. The affected attacked the person again. The attacker tried a people did not react to the mobbing. Nobody in kick to the chest, but did not hit well. Then, the tram reacted to the incident and the offend- he demanded the handing over of the mobile er left the tram at the Huseman Street station. phone, something that was not successful also Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen because of the presence of a third person – an Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt old lady. The attacker was wearing a black- white-red shield emblem on his chest. Source:  September 28, 2015 | NPD and neonazis stick- indymedia vom 20.09.2015 ers In the last days different NPD stickers and as well stickers with other neonazist content were  September 21, 2015 | Neonazist „cleaning ac- discovered in the Karow neighborhood and re- tion“ in Berlin-Buch (3) Over the course of the moved. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerk- day neonazis of the NPD conducted a self-pro- stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie claimed „cleaning action“ in the Berlin-Buch und Vielfalt neighborhood and distributed NPD leaflets. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen  September 28, 2015 | Anti-Semitic chants in Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt the Tram In the evening around 21:20 o'clock a group of five to ten passengers started anti-Se-  September 24, 2015 | Neonazi patrol through mitic chants in the Tram M4 at the height Gre- Blankenburg (4) Again right-wing extremists pa- ifswalder Street in the Prenzlauer Berg neighbor- trolled through the Blankenburg neighborhood hood. Among others the text line from a song of over the course of the day. With their self-pro- the nazi band „Kommando Freisler“ was intoned: claimed „Hood patrol for Safety, Law and Order“, „In Buchenwald, in Buchenwald, we are killing the neonazis wanted to walk again towards an the jews“. The reaction of most passengers was abandoned building. Their own proclamation embarrassed silence, most likely to the behavior they claimed that mobbing and muggings had of the group. Source: Recherche- und Informa- increased. Also, they wanted to distribute pep- tionsstelle Antisemitismus (RIAS) per spray to women. Talking to a local clergyman they wanted to convince him of their propagan-  September 28, 2015 | Neonazist graffiti on da. The pastor, however, denied all rumors that pedestrian bridge Over the course of the day the right-wing extremists tried to spread. To residents discovered a neonazist graffiti written circumvent eventual police controls and a ban with paint on the pedestrian bridge that was of their assembly the neonazis had brought pull- spanning the autobahn between the Blanken- overs to put over their NPD shirts if necessary. burg and Französisch Buchholz neighborhood. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen The slogan read „Deutschland den Deutschen" Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt („Germany to the Germans“). Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis-  September 25, 2015 | NPD info stall in Karow mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt Around 15:30 o'clock the NPD conducted an info stall in the Karow neighborhood. Three ne-  September 29, 2015 | Neonazist graffiti on the onazis distributed leaflets to passersby. Source: Woelckpromenade In the morning residents of [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Re- the Weißensee neighborhood discovered neo- chtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt nazist graffiti in the Woelckpromenade Street. They consisted of the slogan „NSU“ and were  September 27, 2015 | Racist insult and mob- decorated with swastikas. Among others the bing in the Tram Around 13:00 o'clock a man graffiti were put on street signs. The police was mobbed and insulted to people affected by racism informed. Source: Bunte Kuh e.V. 38

 September 30, 2015 | Racist insult and bottle „Maria statt Scharia" („Maria instead of sharia“), thrown Around 02:00 o'clock a man was insult- „Kindergärten statt Asylantenheime" („Kinder- ed in a racist way in Bornholmer Street by three garten instead of asylum-seekers homes“), „Das men that remained unidentified. The 26-year old Boot ist voll" („The boat is full“) or „Kriminalität received a headbutt and had a bottle thrown his bekämpfen! Grenzen sichern!" („Fight crime! Se- way. Source: ReachOut - Opferberatung cure borders!“). Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow  October 3, 2015 | NPD assembly in front of the Rathaus Center In the morning, between  October 11, 2015 | Disturbance of a wel- 11:00 and 12:00 o'clock the NPD held an as- come-tournament in Berlin-Buch Over the sembly with roughly eight people attending in course of the day a welcome-tournament be- front of the Rathaus Center in the Pankow neigh- tween teams from the AWO Refugium Buch (ref- borhood. Speakers included Christian Schmidt ugee shelter), the SG Blau-Weiß Buch e.V, the SV (District head of the NPD Pankow KV8) and Karow 96 e.V., the SV Buchholz e.V., the soccer Uwe Meenen (NPD Berlin). NPD flags, one players of the JFE K14, the SJC Buch and the SPD black-white-red flag and a banner of the youth Pankow was held on the site of the SG Blau-Weiß organization of the NPD with the slogan„Nun Buch e.V. Already in the morning known Neona- halten wir die Wacht für euch! Nationalistische zis, among others, from the NPD Pankow arrived Jugend Berlin" („Now we are on watch for at the sport site and photographed players and you! Nationalist youth Berlin“) were displayed. visitors. After the arrival of the police they left Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen the property. After the police had left, about Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt 20 partly alcoholized, aggressive people from the social environment of the NPD assembled  October 3, 2015 | Pyrotechnics and neona- in front of the gate. They followed and threat- zist statements in Berlin-Buch In the night ened some people and photographed car license neonazist statements were shouted in front of plates and chilled neighbors from entering the the refugee shelter in the Berlin-Buch neighbor- associations property. Children and adolescents hood. Additionally the hoard was shaken. Source: were visibly frightened of the bellowing neonazis Schriftliche Anfrage Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin in front of the gate. Only when the police was Durcksache 17/17661 vom 15.01.2016 called again and ordered them to leave a safe way home was possible. Source: SPD Pankow  October 6, 2015 | Racist insult and escape of dog Around 23:20 o'clock a man walked along  October 11, 2015 | NPD and „Identity-ists“ Buschallee Weißensee and was insulted from a stickers in Karow Over the course of the day man unknown to him in a racist way. Then, the different stickers from the NPD and the „Identi- man send his dog after the affected person. The ty-ists“ were discovered in the Karow neighbor- attacked person could escape into the corridor hood and removed. Among others, they were car- of a house and was not injured. The police is rying the slogan „Islamists not welcome“. Source: investigating. Source: Pressemitteilung der Polizei Netzwerk für Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow vom 07.10.2015  October 14, 2015 | NPD rally in Berlin-Buch  October 8, 2015 | NPD and neonazist stickers In the evening the NPD Pankow KV8 held a ral- In the Heinersdorf and Weißensee neighborhood ly through the Berlin-Buch neighborhood. They isolated NPD stickers and stickers of the right- marches a short route from the shopping mall to wing internet platform „Recht und Wahrheit“ the Buch Citizen House and back. Uwe Meenen („Law and Truth“) were discovered and removed. (NPD LV Berlin), Jens Irgang (NPD Lichtenberg) Source: www.hassvernichtet.de and Christian Schmidt (NPD Pankow KV8) held speeches. In front of the Citizen House they had  October 10, 2015 | NPD stickers in Karow to dim the megaphone they had with them and In the last days different NPD stickers as well talk quietly. Source: EAG as stickers with other neonazist content were discovered in the Karow neighborhood and  October 19, 2015 | NPD and „Identity-ists“ removed. The stickers contained slogans like stickers in Karow Over the course of the day Pankower Register 2015 39

different stickers from the NPD and the „Identi- was not a German which she claimed to be able ty-ists“ were discovered in the Karow neighbor- to see. She said she would not talk to her. After hood and removed. Among others, they were this statement she was asked to leave the Café. carrying the slogans „Islamists not welcome", Outside the woman was yelling alone and spit at „Asylflut stoppen" (Stop the asylum flood“), and the glasses of the Café. Source: JUP e.V. „Einmal Deutschland und zurück." („One time to Germany and back“). Source: Netzwerk für  October 27, 2015 | NPD mailbox insertion Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow Over the course of the day residents of the Ber- lin-Buch neighborhood received leaflets of the  October 21, 2015 | Neonazis at the Citizens NPD into their mailboxes. The leaflets contained Forum in Buch In the evening the regularly held the slogan „Nächstes Asylantenheim in Buch!" Citizens Forum Buch with several panelists was („Next asylum-seekers home in Buch!“). Source: held under the title „How do we help refugees albatros gGmbH in Buch with integration? The event was well vis- ited with roughly 250 people attending. At the  October 28, 2015 | Neonazi patrol through beginning of the event also neonazis entered the Blankenburg (5) Again right-wing extremists pa- hall, five of them remained in the room for the trolled through the Blankenburg neighborhood whole event. Other neonzis stayed in front of the over the course of the day. Three neonazis again building. Among the one who were inside was walked in what they described as „Hood patrol“ Christian Schmidt who also spoke one time, but to an abandoned building and distributed leaf- did not have any resonance from visitors. Chris- lets of the NPD. One person was wearing a red tian Schmidt made pictures during the event jacket with the Slogan „NPD - sozial geht nur even though this was explicitly forbidden by the national" („NPD – social only works national“). organizers of the event and posted them on the Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Facebook page of the Npd Pankow KV8. Anoth- Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt er statement by a neonazi was commented by several people in the hall with the words „That is  October 31, 2015 | Right-wing clothing brand not true“. The police was at the scene with sev- In the early afternoon a man was seen in the eral officers.Source: MBR & [moskito] Fach- und Karow neighborhood who was wearing a pull- Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus over of the fashion brand „Thor Steinar“. The brand is popular with neonazis and is playing  October 22, 2015 | Bank notes with double with right-wing symbols. Source: [moskito] Fach- sig-runes Over the course of the day bank notes und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für were discovered in a store in the Prenzlauer Berg Demokratie und Vielfalt neighborhood that contained the slogan „Weg mit Merkel“ („Away with Merkel“) and a dou-  November 2, 2015 | NPD and neonzist stickers ble sig-rune. A criminal complaint was filed be- in Karow Over the course of the day different cause of the notes. Source: [moskito] Fach- und stickers of the NPD and the right-wing internet Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für platform „Recht und Wahrheit" („Law and Truth“) Demokratie und Vielfalt were discovered in the Karow neighborhood and removed. Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und  October 27, 2015 | Racist insult inside Café Respekt Buch-Karow Stilbruch In the early evening an older woman insulted a person inside Café Stilbruch in the  November 3, 2015 | Graffiti on memorial of Prenzlauerberg neighborhood in a racist way. Julius Fucik Over the course of the day, residents Even though the Café was not open two old- of the Pankow neighborhood discovered that er people entered the locality and complained the memorial for Julius Fucik in the Bürgerpark about a banner that had been flying in front of was smeared with slogan. It read „Anti-Asylant- the independent youth center JUP ev. They de- en-Front" („Anti-asylum-seekers front“). Source: manded to talk to the chef. When the addressed Wahlkreisbüro Stefan Liebich, Die.Linke person answered that there is no chef and that they could talk about it with the person, the  November 6, 2015 | NPD info stall in Ber- older woman replied that the addressed person lin-Buch Around 14:40 o'clock the NPD Pankow 40

KV8 set up an info stall in the Berlin-Buch neigh-  November 17, 2015 | Conspiracy theorist borhood. Among others, a poster with the slogan graffiti Over the course of the day conspiracy „A good homeward journey“ was posted. Several theorist graffiti containing the slogan „BRD = neonazis handed out leaflets. Source: [moskito] Firma“ („Federal Republic of Germany – Corpo- Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- ration“) were discovered on several house walls. mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Respekt  November 9, 2015 | Bärgida rally in Prenzlauer Berg In the evening around 20:25 o'clock the  November 17, 2015 | Wilful removal of antiracist rally of Bärgida started at Alexanderplatz racist banner In the evening, a five person crew and marched past Kollwitzplatz, the Knaack tried to remove an antiracist banner with the Street, the Prenzlauer Allee and ended at S-bahn slogan „Kein Mensch ist illegal" („No human is train station Prenzlauer Allee. Around 21:45 the illegal“) in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood. rally of about 60 to 70 people dissolved. About The banner was on the wall of a squat. The of- the same number of people were protesting fenders were caught in the act and chased away. against it. Source: NoBärgida, Jusos, Unterstützu- Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen ngskreis Straßburger Straße Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Respekt

 November 10, 2015 | AN-Berlin stickers Over  November 18, 2015 | NPD rally in Karow (2) the course of the day residents of the Karow In the early evening around 18:00 o'clock 80 to neighborhood discovered stickers with the slo- 100 people gathered at the intersection Achilles gan „Left fascists have names and addresses – Street/corner Bucher Chaussee to participate for AN_Berlin and removed them. Source: [moskito] a demonstration of the NPD Pankow KV8 that Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- was registered short-term. Around 18:30 o'clock mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt the rally was set in motion. Speeches were held by Aileen Rokohl (NPD KV Uckermark-Barnim),  November 10, 2015 | NPD and „Identity-ists“ Sebastian Schmidtke (NPD LV Berlin) and Chris- stickers in Karow Over the course of the day dif- tian Schmidt (NPD Pankow KV8). Rougly 60 ferent stickers of the NPD and the „Identity-ists“ people participated in a counter-protest holding were discovered in the Karow neighborhood and banners with the slogan „Flüchtlinge willkom- removed. Among others, they were carrying the men in Buch und Karow" („Refugees welcome in slogan „Islamists not welcome", „Das Boot ist Buch and Karow“). Source: [moskito] Fach- und voll" („The boat is full“) or „Geld für Oma statt Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für für Sinti und Roma" („Money for grandma in- Demokratie und Respekt stead of for Sinti and Roma). Source: Netzwerk für Demokratie und Respekt Buch-Karow  November 20, 2015 | Spraying-over of anti-racist posters Over the course of the day it  November 17, 2015 | Spontaneous NPD rally in was discovered that anti-racist posters in the Karow (1) In the evening around 20 neonazis ral- Pankow neighborhood had been sprayed over lied for a spontaneous demonstration of the NPD with blue paint. Also, a graffiti with the slogan Pankow KV8 in the Karow neighborhood. Speak- „Merkel raus“ („Merkel out“) of the same color ers included Christian Schmidt (District head of were seen in the vicinity of S-bahn train and the NPD Pankow KV8). A banner with the slogan subway station Pankow. Source: EAG; [moskito] „Heute sind wir tolerant - morgen fremd im eige- Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- nen Land" („Today we are tolerant – tomorrow we mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt are foreigners in our own country“) was displayed. The reason for the rally was the confiscation of  November 20, 2015 | Discrimination and the sports hall at the Hohen Feld by the LaG- threat in the S-bahn In the evening around eSo to accomodate refugees there in the future. 19:00 o'clock a man (about 30-years old) en- At the fringes of the NPD demonstration about tered the S8 S-bahn train at the Pankow station 50 people applauded the speeches and the rally. and mobbed a fellow passenger with the words Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen „I have a bald head, I am for Germany“. When Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Respekt the addressed passenger remained very calm the Pankower Register 2015 41

man mobbed other passengers and threatened hood security guardsmen insulted homeless to „gas them in Ausschwitz“. He also hinted at people from Romania that were present in an a „Hitler salute“. A woman was insulted in a abandoned building. The securities threatened racist way when she was called „Shitty fitschi“ to take away the men's belongings. Source: Am- and when saying she was destroying Germany. aroforo e.V. Another passenger who then intervened was threatened with „I stab you and will hit your  November 24, 2015 | Removal of antiracist head with a bottle“. Then, further passengers banner In the evening three people wilfully intervened. They tried to calm down the offend- removed an anti-racist banner with the slogan er and called on him not to use violence. The „Was ist wichtiger? Leben retten oder Sportun- offender quickly left at the next station (S-bahn terricht - Refugess you are welcome" („What train station Schönhauser Allee). Source: [moski- is more important? Saving lives of sport educ- to] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsex- tion – Refugees you are welcome“). The banner tremismus, für Demokratie und Respekt was hanging in the Karow neighborhood close to a sports hall that had become an emergency  November 21, 2015 | NPD vigil (1) with sub- shelter for refugees. Source: [moskito] Fach- und sequent spontaneous rally in Karow (3) In Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für the evening the NPD held a vigil in the Karow Demokratie und Vielfalt neighborhood with about 15 neonazis partici- pating. The reason was the upcoming opening  November 25, 2015 | Tried blockade of the of emergency shelter in a sports hall at Hohen arrival of refugees. In the evening six neonazis Feld. Among others, a banner with the slogan tried to prevent the arrival of refugees in the „Einmal Deutschland und zurück" („One time to Karow neighborhood by trying to block a Street. Germany and back“), NPD posters and an NPD The refugees were awaited in the sports hall at flag were displayed. After the vigil, the neonazis Hohen Feld that had been re-modeled to be an conducted a spontaneous rally through the Ber- emergency shelter. The security guardsmen of lin-Buch neighborhood. Source: [moskito] Fach- the new shelter informed the police in time and und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für the buses waited until their arrival. The police Demokratie und Respekt pushed the present neonazis to the site so the arriving people had unobstructed access to the  November 22, 2015 | NPD vigil (2) in Karow In shelter. The right-wing extremists made pictures the afternoon the NPD held a vigil in the Karow of supporters, who were present at the shelter neighborhood with about 20 neonazis attending and insulted them. Source: [moskito] Fach- und the event. The reason was the upcoming open- Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für ing of an emergency shelter in the sports hall at Demokratie und Vielfalt Hohen Feld. They displayed a banner with the slogan „Heute sind wir tolerant - morgen fremd  November 25, 2015 | III. Path leaflets in mail- im eigenen Land" („Today we are tolerant – to- boxes Over the course of the day residents of the morrow we are foreigners in our own country“). Berlin-Buch neighborhood discovered leaflets of Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen the right-wing extremist party „III. Path“ in their Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Respekt mailboxes. Source: albatros gGmbH

 November 22, 2015 | Swastika graffiti in the  November 26, 2015 | BüSo info stall at S-bahn Mühlen Street At noon residents of the Pankow train station Pankow Over the course of the day neighborhood discovered a swastika graffiti at the the „Civil rights movement Solidarity BüSo held walls of the refugee shelter in the Mühlen Street. an info stall at the S-bahn train station Pankow. Unidentified people had sprayed the 50x50 cen- The BüSo is a sectarian organization that partly timeter big graffiti with blue paint. The police is expresses anti-Semitic and right-wing extremist investigating. Source: Pressemitteilung der Polizei orientations. Source: EAG vom 22.11.2015  November 27, 2015 | NPD stickers Over the  November 23, 2015 | Antiziganist incident course of the day isolated NPD stickers, i. a., in Blankenburg In the Blankenburg neighbor- with the slogans „Einmal Deutschland und zu- 42

rück" (One time to Germany and back“), „Gren- three the packaging of a Döner after the two. zen sichern" („Secure borders“), were discovered Source: Recherche- und Informationsstelle Anti- and removed. Source: www.hassvernichtet.de semitismus (RIAS)

 November 28, 2015 | Smearing of AWO-Refu-  November 30, 2015 | Right-wing clothing gium in Berlin-Buch In the night from Friday to brand In the morning a man (26- to 29-years old) Saturday the AWO-Refugioum, a refugee shel- was seen in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood ter in Berlin-Buch was smeared repeatedly. The wearing a pullover of the fashion brand „Thor graffito's were directed against the refugees and Steinar“. Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerk- carried the slogan „Raus mit Euch" („Out with stelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie you“). A criminal complaint was filed with the und Vielfalt police. Source: AWO Mitte  November 30, 2015 | Racist comments on  November 28, 2015 | Shooting-alike sounds Facebook page In the comments section of the near shelter in Berlin-Buch In the night res- Facebook page of the news magazine „Karow idents of a refugee shelter in the Berlin-Buch live“ racist comments were posted in the months neighborhood heard a person that had a pis- of November, but as well in the previous months. tol-styled object in both hand and was aiming Among the ones writing is also Christian Schmidt in the direction of a person. Then, several shot- (District head of the NPD Pankow KV8) as well like hushed sounds happened. The next day a as other neonazis and racists that had spread whole in the exterior shutter of a window was hate against people and incited people in a rac- discovered. Source: Schriftliche Anfrage Abgeord- ist way against the opening of a refugee shel- netenhaus Berlin Durcksache 17/ 17661 vom ter in Berlin-Buch in the previous year. In the 15.01.2016 current racist comments refugees were denied their reasons to flee. Also, refugees were - flat  November 28, 2015 | NPD info stall in Blank- ly criminalized, Roma and Sinti were called the enburg The NPD conducted an info stall in the Z-word, neonazist demonstrations of the NPD Blankenburg neighborhood. Racist information were openly advertised, etc. Source: [moskito] material, i. a.,with the slogan „Asylflut stopen" Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- („Stop the asylum flood“) was distributed. mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt  December 2, 2015 | NPD info stall in Blank- enburg Over the course of the day the NPD Ber-  November 28, 2015 | Anti-Semitic insults in lin, as part of an assembly tour through different the U2 in Prenzlauer Berg In the early Satur- neighborhoods of Berlin, conducted a series of day morning of November 28, four alcoholized events. Around 13:45 o'clock their route stopped men entered the U2 subway at Senefelderplatz at the S-bahn train station Blankenburg. Previous station in direction Pankow. Shortly after, the stops had been Britz, Tempelhof, after the event group started to complain in a racist way that they moved on to Marzahn. In Blankenburg they two people were talking in English. After one propagated racist hate with the announcement of them asked in German what their problem that eventually a shelter for refugees will be was, the response was: „You and your Jewish opened. While doing this, they carried a banner friend are the problem“. While getting up, short- with the slogan „Das Boot ist voll - Asylbetrüger ly before the subway station Schönhauser Al- abschieben!" („The boat is full – deport asylum lee, the German-speaking person asked „what betrayers!“). Sebastian Schmidtke, Head of the would be problematic if we would be Jews?“ NPD Berlin, held a speech. After about 45 min- After this, one of the group of four approached utes the assembly was over. Source: [moskito] the two, who were already standing at the door, Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- in a threatening and aggressive way. The Eng- mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt lish-speaking person offered the group to get out to talk about again. While the doors where  December 6, 2015 | Threat with racist mo- closing the man answered that he had no obli- tivation in the Tram M4 Four to five fans of gation to offer „dirty Jews“ and application and the soccer club BFC Dynamo Berlin prevented Pankower Register 2015 43

a person to enter the Tram M4 at the Thomas- lamophobic graffiti with the slogan „Islam raus“ Mann Street station because of his skin color. („Islam out“) was discovered on the seat of a The affected person tried to enter the Tram with bus stop shelter. Source: [moskito] Fach- und his bike and was prevented from doing so from Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für the BFC fan group. A verbal exchange happened. Demokratie und Vielfalt The affected person did not answer provocations and waited for the next Tram. Source: [moskito]  December 9, 2015 | Right-wing graffiti On a Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremis- wall in the vicinity of the S-bahn train station mus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt Pankow, the slogan „Antifa“ was painted over with the Slogan „Leftist fascists“. Source: [moski-  December 7, 2015 | Antiziganist incident in to] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextrem- Blankenburg About 50 people from Romania ismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt were expelled from the compound of an abandoned casern in the Blankenburg neighborhood  December 17, 2015 | Neonazis and NPD stick- by security guardsmen. Two tons were installed ers in Karow In the last days neonazist and Npd on the area so now the site is under surveillance stickers were discovered in the Karow neighbor- all the time. Source: Amaroforo e.V. hood and removed. The NPD stickers were carrying, i. a., the slogans “Asylflut stoppen" (Stop  December 7, 2015 | Antiziganist insult in the asylum flood“) or „Heimreise statt Einreise" Prenzlauer Berg A staffer of a pension in the („Homeward journey instead of entry“). One Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood that is housing a sticker had the slogan „Antifa Gruppen zerschla- Romanian family threw their mail on the ground gen" („Destroy Antifa groups“) and was refer- and said „Gypsies, get out!“ Source: Amaroforo ring to the neonazist internet page „widerstand. e.V. info“. Source: SPD Pankow; [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für  December 7, 2015 | III. Path leaflet in mailbox- Demokratie und Vielfalt es Over the course of the day residents of the Berlin-Buch neighborhood discovered leaflets of  December 30, 2015 | Neonazist stickers the right-wing extremist party „III. Path“ in their found in Karow In the last days several neo- mailboxes. Source: albatros gGmbH nazist stickers were discovered. They were, i. a., from the right-wing extremist party NPD,  December 8, 2015 | NPD assembly in Ber- the small neonazist party „III. Path“ or from a lin-Buch In the early evening around 17:00 and loose group of autonomous nationalists „AN_ 17:45 the neonazist party NPD held an assembly Berlin“. Slogans were „Asylflut stoppen" (Stop with the motto „Überfremdung stoppen" („Stop the asylum flood“), „Antifa-Banden-zerschla- foreign infiltration“) in the Berlin-Buch -neigh gen" („Break up Antifa gangs“), „Linksfaschisten borhood. Rougly 30 people participated, mostly haben Namen und Adressen" („Leftist fascists coming from the neighborhood. They displayed have names and addresses“), „Härtere Strafen für a banner with the slogan „Heute sind wir toler- Kinderschänder" („Harder punishment for child ant - morgen fremd im eigenen Land" („Today molesters“), „Einmal Deutschland und zurück" we are tolerant – tomorrow we are foreigners (One time to Germany and back“) among many in our own country“), distributed racist leaflets others. Source: [moskito] Netzwerkstelle gegen that targeted refugees. Also, a banner with the Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt slogan „Schluß mit dem staatlich finanziertem Linksextremismus!" („End the financing of left- wing extremism by the state!“) was displayed. Speaking was Christian Schmidt (District head of the NPD Pankow KV8). Source: [moskito] Fach- und Netzwerkstelle gegen Rechtsextremismus, für Demokratie und Vielfalt

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4. Glossary

4.1. Glossary of right-wing to (neo-)nazist groups and persons

■ Autonomous Nationalists (AN) is not always clear whether the Kaiser Reich Is a self-name of a wing of action-oriented, or the Third Reich is meant. Consequently, violence-ready young men and women in the the movement denies the Federal Republic right-wing extremist scene. They propose an of Germany any right to exist. It also denies openly neo-nazist worldview which implies the Holocaust. The different adherents to the the glorification of National Socialism and the movement propose at times crude conspiracy advocacy for a new „National Socialism“. Part theories. The actions of the movement of of their practical work is „Anti-Antifa-work“. Reich-citizens are mainly directed against Often, autonomous nationalists accuse the the state-apparatus, its bureaucracy and its NPD of conformance with the political system. representatives. However, several threatening However, at least in Berlin there is a close letters of islamophobe content were sent to relationship between the NPD and the AN. The Berlin mosques in 2012. In the same year one AN profit from the structures of the NPD and member of the movement was arrested for supports it in election campaigns. Characteristic possession of explosives in Neukölln. for the AN is their orientation towards the left- wing autonomous scence in regard to clothing, ■ The III. Path appearance and symbols. Black clothing, The „III. Path“ (the Third Path) is a small hoodies and base caps are dominating. English neonazist party that was founded in September slogans and hardcore music are stylistic devices 2013 in Heidelberg. Founding members of of the AN, too. the party like the former NPD functionary Klaus Armstroff are at times known from other ■ Citizens-movement Pro Germany/Pro Berlin extreme right organizations. The program of The right-wing populist party Pro Germany the party is oriented to demands from the had their first public appearance in Pankow right-wing extremist scene, that believes in 2006 with their regional offshoot Pro having to counter a perceived looming threat Berlin. Back then, they supported the citizens‘ of „Volkstod“ (dissappearing of the German initiative against the building of a mosque by people) and to demand privileges for Germans. the Ahmadiyya-congregation. Since 2008 she By now the party is also active in Berlin: In has barely had only public appearances. 2011 March 2015 a local chapter was founded. the party tried to campaign before the elections In the following months first asylum-hostile with propaganda activities. While doing so leaflets appeared in Buch, Hellersdorf, Marzahn they focused on anti-Muslim propaganda. For and Pankow. Since May 2015 the party has instance, this meant warning of an „islamization organized so-called „law workshop“ for their of the German society“. Further, the party members to prepare them for conflicts with demanded the deportation of „criminal law enforcement and justice. The Brandenburg foreigners“ and positioned itself against the chapter is headed today by Maik Eminger, building of mosques. During the last elections whose brother André Eminger is mired into the for the Berlin house of representatives, they NSU-complex. achieved 1,1 percent of the vote. In 2012 Pro Berlin did not appear in Pankow. ■ The Identity-ists Several loosely connected groups that can ■ Movement of „Reich“citizens“ be collated to the New Right are named as The so-called „movement of Reich-citizens“ „the identity-ists movement“. The movement was founded in the eighties. It is represented developed first in France in the form of the in Berlin with several small groups, furthermore Bloc Identitaire, since October 10th , 2012 the movement organized „big events“ in the the movement exists in Germany, too. Its capital. Die Reich-citizens believe that the brand sign is the Greek letter Lambda, black Third Reich continues to exist, however, it on yellow background. The Ideology of the Pankower Register 2015 45

identity-ists builds on ethno-culturalist and was convicted to lifelong imprisonment in the folkish racism. According to the movement free Nuremberg processes. After his suicide, he „folks“ have unchangeable cultural identities became a martyr of the right-wing extremist that are threatened by immigration of people scene. Yearly, on the anniversary of hist death, from allegedly other „civilizations“/“cultural right-wing extremists all over Germany try to areas“. „Islamization“ and „multiculturalism“ hold demonstrations and do actions. are perceived to be the biggest threat to German/European culture, according the ■ Young Nationaldemocrats (JN) identity-ists. They want to fight against this. The Young National Democrats (JN) are the They understand themselves as protectors official youth-organization of the National of German/European culture. However, with Democratic Party of Germany (NPD). The the contruction of people into own-group JN avows to the party program of the NPD and foreign-group, societal hierarchies and and represents also a neonazist ideology. inequalities are constructed and legitimized, so However, with regard to content and actions parts of the population are discrminated against the appearance is more aggressive than that and excluded. The identity-ists propose classic of the NPD. Also the connections to the islamophobe, racist and democracy-hostile violent neonazi scene are even more evident positions. Here connecting points arefound than those of the NPD. Founded in 1969 and to PEGIDA and in Berlin to an even bigger according to the statutes of the NPD the JN is amount to Bärgida. The movement regularly an „integral part“ of the party. With the JN, the participates in Bärgida demonstrations with NPD is the only neonazist party with a relevant several persons and flags. youth-organization.

■ Free Camaraderie‘s ■ The National Democratic Party of Germany Free Camaraderie (Freie Kameradschaft) is (NPD) a self-designation for small active neonazist The National Democratic Party of Germany action groups. They represent a very dynamic (NPD) is the oldest neonazist party in Germany. and action-oritented scene. The groups act It was founded in November 1964. Today the independently and are party-independent, too, party is the most modern and successful right- even if lots of groups have close ties to the wing party in Germany. It represents a folkish NPD. They also assemble using the terms Free nationalism as well as revisionist, antisemitic, Forces or National Resistance. racist and homophobe positions. The head of the party is Holger Apfel. All in all the NPD ■ Free Net/Free Net Pankow has 5,900 members (as of February 2012). The Free Net consists of internet forums On January 1st, 2011 the right-wing extrimist operated by autonomous nationalists with German Folks Union DVU joined the NPD. chapters in lots of cities. Dominating topics are During the elections for the Berlin House of mostly anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism in Representatives the party got 2,0 percent of the form of a folkish critique of capitalism and the vote in the district of Pankow. the re-designation of german aggressors into victims of the allied forces. Slogans like „the ■ National Socialists protection of the environment is homeland The self-designation originally depicted a poli- protection“ and „death penalty for child tical school that has developed already at the molesters“ can be found there, too. Using end of the 19th century. Originally this was un- the label, actions of autonomous nationalists derstood as a „third way“ between nationalism take place all over Germany again and again. and socialism. However, it was given distinc- In 2011 several posters signed by Free Net tion by the National Socialist Party of Germany Pankow (FNP) have appeared in Pankow. (NSDAP) and its inhuman and fascist ideology and the responsibility for the genocide of mil- ■ Rudolf Heß lions of people. Oriented to the organizational Was the proxy person and close personal form of the Storm troops (SA) the Action Front confidant of Adolf Hitler. He flew to England of National Socialists (ANS) was founded in in 1941 and was arrested there. Post-1945 he the 70s and forbidden in 1983. Today, sever- 46

al groups from the spectre of the autonomous ■ Ring of National Women (RNF) nationalists call themselves National Socialists. Founded in 2006, the Ring of National Wo- men (RNF) is the women‘s organization of the ■ Horst Wessel National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD). Host Wessel (1907-1930) was an SA-Stormfront The task of the RNF is the recruitment and the leader in Berlin. After his death Horst-Wessel- political organization of female symphatizers. Song that was composed by him became the The focus of the organization is on topics that party song of the NSDAP. Already in 1922 he seem to be „womens topics“ . This mirrors the was part of the Bismarck Youth of the German stereotyping of women‘s gender roles and the National Folk Party (DNVP) and participated view of the woman as the „reproductive force“. in attacks on political opponents. In 1926 he became a member of the NSDAP and their ■ Tønsberg Storm troops and was active among other in the Named after the Norwegian city of the same districts of Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain. name, the Tønsberg is a clothing store that From 1928 on Wessel became a leading cadre exclucively sells the controversial brand Thor of the SA. In January 1930 Wessel was shot by Steinar. the KPD-member Albrecht Hoehler and died. After his death, he was stylized a „martyr“ of ■ Thor Steinar (TS) National Socialism and put forward as the ideal The clothing brand Thor Steinar was founded soldier. by the known neonazi Axel Kopelke. The assortment of Thor Steinar is not limited ■ Right-wing/Right ideology to clothing, but includes accessories and is The term „right-wing“ means for once a po- oriented to fashion trends. The combination litical-organizational spectre of parties and of different runes in the Thor-Steinar logo groups, but also stands for a political belief was under juridic pressure for years because it or orientation. „Right-wing“ is a general term combines two runes (Tyr-rune and Gibor-rune/ that contains several ideologies, among other woolfs hook) that were used during National beliefs about a natural inequality of man, of an Socialism. In 2008 higher instances decided ethnically homogeneous people, the approval that the public display of the logo can or should of hierarchic and authoritarian relationships not be prosecuted. Thor Steinar stands for a and, the respective exclusion of people who do „right-wing chic“ and thereby serves to show not fit into this worldview (for instance mig- the position and identity of its users. rants, homosexuals, homeless people). Right- wing orientations often go along with a trivi- lialization of National Socialism.

■ Right-wing populism Right-wing populists advocate for authoritarian concepts of politics. However, right-wing populism is more a political strategy than closed ideology. The aim of this strategy is to spread authoritarian and right-wing ideas. Characteristic of it are the orchestration of the breaking of taboos, demanding radical solutions and a tendency to conspiracy theories. Central to right-wing populism is that „corrupt elites“ are made responsible for the problems of „ordinary people“. The opponents of right-wing populism can be state apparatuses, corporations, parties or lobby organizations. The concept of „people“ implicitly or explicitly means an ethnically pure community. Bild: InSight Blog | CC-BY Pankower Register 2015 47

4.2. Glossary of right-wing to (neo-)nazist codes, symbols and terms

Numeric codes and abbreviations are popular methods among neonazis to decrypt inhuman terms and contents that could otherwise be prosecuted criminally. Mostly (but not exclusively) numbers express the corresponding letters of the alphabet.

■ 88 = HH = Heil Hitler ■ Hitler salute The eighth letter is the H, consequently 88 During National Socialism the Hitler salute was means HH which stands for „Heil Hitler“. This a binding salutation that symbolized the strong greeting is widely used in the neonazi scene personality cult of the time. Besides the raising and was already used by postwar National So- of the right arm with stretched out flat hand cialists. It is applied in the names of bands and „Sieg Heil“ or „Heil Hitler“ was spoken. Today organizations, in scribblings, desired car licence the Hitler salute is criminally liable in Germany. plates or as a greeting in letters and internet forums. ■ The rune of life The so-called rune of life, also called rune of ■ Anti-Antifa man, was taken from Germanic mythology and The term describes efforts of neonazist groups over-delivery and was given a new meaning in to build a threatening potential against alleged National Socialism. From a folkish perspective, political opponents like antifascists, actors of this rune was re-interpreted as a man with civil society, members of democratic parties, widely stretched-out arms and as a symbol of unionists but also journalists, by spying, pub- life and of force. It was used on the emblems lishing personal data and by partly assaulting of several national socialist organizations like them. the NS-womanhood, the German pharmacy association, the sanitary services of the Hitler ■ Division 88 youth and the „spring of life“ (Lebensborn) The 88th Infantery Division was a large military project. Today the rune is still used in formation of the Wehrmacht. Also, through the neonazist circles, for instance, as an element often-used numerical code 88 (see 88) the let- of decoration of in birth announcements of tering „Division 88“ is often put on pullovers, pertinent newspapers. T-shirts, through tattoos or else. ■ The war flag of the Reich ■ Swastika The war flag of the Reich was the official From Asian and European early history the war flag of the armed forces of the German swastika is known as the sun wheel. It is a sym- Reich in the time from 1871 to 1945. Seven bol of salvation and of a lucky turnaround. La- different versions came to use. Today the flag ter it was introduced in Germany as a symbol of the Kaiser Reich is used by neonazist groups for supposedly Aryan blood („For the purity of because the distribution and the display of blood“). Since the beginning of the 20th cen- the war flag used by National Socialism (with tury the swastika has served folkish groups as a swastika) is a criminal offense. During the an expression of aggressive nationalism and Weimar Republic the war flag of the Kaiser anti-Semitism. In 1920 the NSDAP adopted Reich was used by right-wing groups and the swastika as the party‘s official symbol and organizations. The use of this version of the flag it was hence used in the national flag of nati- is mostly tolerated by authorities today. onal socialist Germany. Today the swastika is a banned symbol. ■ Runes Runes are old Nordic and Germanic signs that ■ HH to some extent characterize tones and/or sym- See the entry to „88“ bols. During National Socialism runes were used to construct a Germanic-Aryan line of tra- 48

dition. That is why the use of runes is widely socialist Shield Squadron (SS). The SS was re- spread in the neonazist scene of today, mostly sponsible for concentration and extermination without historical reference or folkish interpre- camps and its „elite-unit“, the Waffen-SS con- tation. It is used in the logos of right-wing to ducted countless war crimes at the front and neonazist bands and organizations, in tattoos, in areas occupied by Germany. The use of the by fashion brands like „Thor Steinar“ and to th- SS rune is a criminal offense. The (double) sig reaten people. Due to their use during National rune is popular in the neonazist scene, but be- Socialism some runes are classified as hostile to cause of its legal designation is sometimes used the constitution and a criminal offense after § in a modified way, for instance with the display 86a StGB. in the form of a flash with an arrow pointing to the ground. Often the „S“ in the names of ■ Black Sun right-wing extremist bands or organizations is The black sun is a symbol that was used by displayed in the form of sig rune. the national socialist „Shield Squadron“ (SS). It consists of twelve victory runes connected to- ■ Black-white-red gether in ring-form and can also be described Black-white-red were the colors of the German as twelve-arm swastika. The black sun is an im- Reich from 1871 until 1919 and as well the co- portant substitute-symbol that is used instead lors of national socialist Germany. Mostly the of the swastika and as a recognition-symbol. iron cross or the swastika was added to the flag (see War flag of the Reich). ■ Sieg Heil (see Hitler salute) ■ Walhalla In Germanic mythology Walhalla is the place of ■ The Sig rune, double sig rune, SS rune fallen fighters. This mythology was used for the The sig rune is seen as a symbol of victory and soldierly death cult during National Socialism. military power. The sig rune was used in the The promise to „get to Walhalla“, to get to the folkish youth movement and in the private „Reich of Germanic ancestors“, had a unique „Freikorps“ militias after World War I. During importance particularly for SS-units. Through National Socialism the single sig rune served this all but religious promise of luck SS-unit as the symbol for the so-called Young German were motivated to show a greater determinati- Folks, that organized the supervision of ten- to on and readiness to make sacrifices. Especially sixteen-year olds. After the ban of this organi- the SS-leader and later Minister of Interior of zational sign, the single sig rune is now a cri- the Reich, Heinrich Himmler propagated the minal offense after § 86 a StGB when used in a adoption and functionalization of Germanic way that is not meant in an apparent way and myths. Even today neonazis use the term „Wal- without doubt as resistance to national socialist halla“ for a spiritual justification of their ideo- organizations and the fighting its ideology. The logy. Concretely, they alllude to their alleged double sig rune was the symbol of the national Germanic ancestry.

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5. Central terms in the context of this work

■ Anti-muslism racism/Islamophobia developed with the emergence of Christianity. Similarly to antisemitism, anti-Muslim racism The hostility to Jews because of economic is not a phenomenon of modernity, but has motives (14th century) was situated in early roots in Europe that can be traced back to the capitalism and the increasing importance development of christianity. Consequently, of the monetary economy. The modern people of Islamic faith were and are still victims anti-Semitism (19th century) developed in of exclusion, discrimination and persecution. interplay with foundational societal change. After the terrorist attacks from Septeber 11th, Modern anti-Semitism is a general term that 2001 in the USA anti-muslism racism has risen sees anti-Semitism as consisting of different again to broad acceptance. Particularly right- forms. These forms are the racist and folkish- wing populist parties use anti-Muslim racism nationalist anti-Semitism, the capitalist and for their political goals. While doing so they anti-capitalist anti-Semitism and the conspiracy can resort to old enemy images that already theory anti-Semitism. After the liberation from developed in medieval age. This sterotypical National Socialism (1945) the to-date relevant perception of Islam connects it to idleness, secondary anti-Semitism developed. With the unrestricted passion, greed for power, hunger declaration of the state of Israel the Israel- for possession and violence. This stands in hostile antisemitism came into being. contrast to the self-perception of Christian culture. The Islamic culture was and still is seen * Shoa (verbal for „destruction“, „big catastrophe“) is the as one monolithic and non-changing culture Hebraic term for the systematic mass murder of about of „the others“. Since mid-20th century five six million Jews and the European population of Jewish stereotypical characteristics are attributed: that ancestry during National Socialism. Shoa is used as a of the rich oil-sheik that one is dependant on, synonym to the term holocaust that originates from that of the violent terrorist, that of the fanatic Greek and means „completely burned“ or „fire victim“. fundamentalist , that of the migrant who is is uneducated and lastly the Muslim woman ■ Discrimination who is oppressed and uneducated. After the (Social) Discrimination means a group- September 11 attacks, a new scenario of threat specific disadvantagement or devaluation was created that sees the „civilized Western of groups or individuals. This is carried out world“ in serious danger by rogue nations and according to features like origin, skin color, the „axis of evil“. This culminates in the talk of language, political or religious beliefs, sexual a „clash of civilizations“. orientations, gender or handicap. Foundational is the distinction and the valuation of a group ■ Anti-Semitism by societal forces. Affected by discrimination The sweeping rejection of Jews and Judaism are groups that do not match certain societal is understood as anti-Semitism. Antisemitism ideas. In German society the dominant and has expressed itself and still does in the important features are to the day being white, defamation, exclusion, discrimination, male, heterosexual, healthy, being productive, persecution and expulsion to efforts of christian etc. Humans who deviate from these extinction of the Jewish peoples. It culminated features are often affected by discrimination. during National Socialism in the Shoa*, the A structural discrimination of societal groups systematic murder of six million jews. However is given when this is built into the structure antisemitism is no phenomenon of modernity, of society. This is for instance the case with but can be traced 2500 years back in time. patriarchal society (the rule of men) that Antisemitism is a general term for different systematically and structurally excludes women expressions of hostility towards Jews: The from many parts of society. Christian antagonism to Jews (1st century) 50

■ Group-related hostility towards humans nazism implies an ideology of inequality in its Group-related hostility towards humans serves most extreme form. Antisemitism and racism as a general term that integrates all hostile ori- are central aspects of this ideology. The ag- entations towards humans of different origin gressive hostility towards „othered“ people is or differing lifestyles. The term encompasses coupled with an aggressive nationalism. Neo- the following elements: Racism, anti-Semitism, nazis represent a folkish nationalism, which heterosexism, Islamophobia, devaluation of means they determine who can be a member homeless people and defamation of the long- of the „folk collective“ (Volksgemeinschaft). term unemployed. Thus group-related hosti- This ideology means neonazis do not respect lity towards humans describes ideologies of life. Hence, the murder of humans is the prac- inequality. The same worth and the integrity tice of this deeply inhuman ideology. National of specific groups in society is questioned. It Socialism and important leader of the NS (for is a complex of discriminations that point to instance Rudolf Heß) are glorified as part of the fact that several orientations often occur neonazism. The NS-war crimes and the holo- simultaneously or in interplay. Group-related caust are denied or also glorified. hostility towards humans is expressed particu- Following the example of National Socialism, larly among neonazis. They see themselves as neonazism is longing for an authoritarian lea- „master-race“, which means humans of higher der-system. This means all have to bow to a worth. In extreme cases this ideology serves to strong hierarchy and follow the orders of a „lea- legitimate the murder of allegeded „inferior“ der“. Corresponding to this, human rights (like humans. the freedom to hold elections, of the press, of assembly, of expression) are denied. ■ Homophobia/Heterosexism/Transphobia Homophobia or Heterosexism encompasses ■ Racism different forms of social exclusion and deva- Racism describes a system anchored deeply in luation, verbal and bodily violence, economic, society that is built on different, clearly reco- juridic and social discrimination and ignorance gnizable groups of humans. Arbitrary, existing towards gay-lesbian ways of living and loving. or non-existing, claimed or real biological fea- Transphobia is understood as the discriminati- tures are used for this distinction, for instance on of people who have changed their gender skin color, skull form, blood etc. Then, negative or are not easily classified in the gender binary biological and/or cultural traits are attributed of men – woman. Particularly during National the so-distinguished groups („races“, cultures, Socialism, gays, lesbians and transpeople were folks, ethnicity). For instance, during colonia- persecuted and about 7500 homosexuals were lism and to some extent up until today, Africans murdered. Even today the defamation and as- are described as wild, brutal, dumb and emo- sault of people occurs because of their homo- tional-childish. The created pictures are then sexuality. Up until the year 19992 the World used as a legitimation for differing access to Health Organization listed homosexuality as a resources, rights and symbolic-cultural belon- disease. ging/participation and portrays this as „just“. One example of this is the extra-ordinary high * Trans: Transgender is a general term for people who quote of migrants that visit schools for handi- break out of classic social gender roles. Transsexuality capped children due to structural mechanisms is given when a human cannot be classified clearly as of selection. belonging to the male or female sex, but sees himself/ herself as a member of the other sex and tries to bodily ■ Right-wing/Right-wing ideology conform to the desired sex. The term right-wing in this context denominates a political-organizational spectre of par- ■ Neonazism ties and groups, one one side, on the other An ideology that has a clear positive references it stands for a political belief of orientation. to National Socialism is called neonazism. This „Right-wing“ is a general term that encom- reference is seen in slogans like „NS now“ or passes different ideologies, for instance ideas the demand to build a „Fourth Reich“. Neo- of natural inequality among humans, of an Pankower Register 2015 51

ethnic homogenous populace, the approval of hierarchic and authoritarian conditions and the corresponding exclusion of people that do not fit into this worldview (for instance migrants, homosexuals, homeless people). Right-wing orientations often go along with relativization or justification of National Socialism.

■ Right-wing populism Right-wing populist mostly stand for authoritarian concepts of politics. However, right-wing populism is more a political strategy than a closed worldview. The aim of this strategy is to further authoritarian and right-wing orientations. The staged breaking of taboos, the demanding of racial solutions and the tendency towards conspiracy theories are characteristic. Central to right-wing populism is that „corrupt elites“ are made responsible for the problems of „ordinary people“. The enemy of right-wing populism can be state apparatuses, corporations, parties or lobby organizations. The concept of „people“ implicitly or explicitly means an ethnically pure community. Characteristic of the right-wing populism in the last years was the propagation of anti-Muslim racism that expresses itself for instance in protests against the building of mosques. With respect to abortion, the promotion of marriage and family, but also in their education-politics, right-wing populist positions are similar to those of the conserva- tives.