Right-wing and conservative movements are gaining strength all over Europe. Germany, too, is facing the major success of a right-wing populist party that is classified as confirmed right-wing extremist in several federal states. While protests are forming in left-leaning cities and large numbers of people are quickly coming together, democratic efforts in other regions face their own unique challenges. Especially in the rural areas of eastern Germany, activists and those working against the right must repeatedly deal with pushback on social media and on the streets. This ranges from insults and hostility to physical attacks and death threats. “It’s easier to shout ‘Nazis out’ where there are no Nazis,” the Chemnitz band Kraftklub once sang. But how easy is it to shout “Nazis out” where they actually appear?
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