Germany

NOVANEWS THE JEWISH CHRONICLE – Eleven per cent of Germans think Jews have too much influence in society, according to a new study. One in 10 want a new Fuhrer to run Germany, with around six per cent believing that Hitler would have been regarded as a great leader were it not for the Holocaust. Researchers from the University of Leipzig asked 2,240 Germans about far-right attitudes. They found that eight per cent felt that Nazism had its good points, while 12 per cent believed Germans were naturally superior. Extremist views had become more acceptable following an increase in the number of immigrants arriving in Germany. Forty per cent of Germans were in favour of banning Muslims from migrating to the country, the survey found. Oliver Decker, a co-author of the report, said that far-ri...

NOVANEWS By Dietmar Henning Wold Socialist On September 26 1980, 12 innocent bystanders and the perpetrator, Gundolf Köhler, were killed in the most serious right-wing attack in post-war German history. Over 200 were injured, some seriously. At the time, the investigators and secret service drew a veil over the background to the attacks and those responsible. Although evidence and witnesses pointed to the involvement of state bodies and neo-Nazi terrorist groups, the authorities soon settled on a narrative that Köhler was the sole perpetrator. The state attorney halted any investigations two years after the attack. It was only thanks to the initiative of journalist Ulrich Chaussy and the victims’ attorney Werner Dietrich that the attorney general was forced to take up the cas...