Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Like racism in Alabama, Nazism never went away in Saxony-Anhalt

 
Headline:  Deutsche Welle, 6/30/2025

Hans Pfeifer reports and place Saxonhy-Anhalt in the lede:
Right-wing extremism and racism have spread significantly in the city of Dessau, in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. This has also become visible as graffiti: swastikas, pro-Hitler images and Nazi slogans are a common sight on the streets. 
It's become a trend across cities and regions in Germany — especially in the east. Holger Münch, head of the Federal Criminal Police Office, warned in May that authorities have increasingly seen a "radicalization of very young people with far-right views," some of whom are organizing to "commit serious crimes." " 
In parts of rural eastern Germany, 'Nazi' has become part of pop culture," said Lukas Jocher, who works for Projekt GegenPart, a mobile counseling team that fights right-wing extremism in Dessau. "And it's become cool to write out that song, 'Heil Hitler,' by US rapper Kanye on a wall." 

The population of Saxony-Anhalt is 2,135,597, which is 2.5% Germany's 83,467,117 residents.   It is primarily a rural state in eastern Germany with an aging population.  Sorta like Trump's America demographics.

And the American media immediately clutches its pearls.

Headline:  PBS News, 9/7/2026

The program transcript mentions Saxony-Anhalt 14 times, but never offers listeners any analysis of the state's demographics and how it fits into the larger picture.  And it completes skirts over the state's embrace of nationalism and extremism.

We deserve much better reporting.


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