German teens drawn to neo-Nazi groups - study

[Birka]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Roughly one in twenty 15-year-old German males is a member of a neo-Nazi group, a higher proportion than are involved in mainstream politics, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Many politicians fear a resurgence of right-wing extremism as unemployment creeps higher in Germany, which is facing its deepest recession since World War Two. Government figures have shown anti-Semitic crimes rose at the end of last year.

"It is shocking that right-wing groups have more success recruiting male youths than the established political parties," said Christian Pfeiffer, author of the report issued by Lower Saxony's criminal research instute.

Pfeiffer said fewer than 2 percent of young men were active in mainstream politics, compared to the 5 percent involved in far-right groups.

The study, conducted in 2007 and 2008, also revealed that neo Nazi-symbols -- in either rock music, stickers or special clothing -- were used by one in 10 of the youths surveyed. The swastika and other Nazi symbols are banned in Germany.

The highest proportion of neo-Nazis was in former communist eastern Germany, where almost one in eight youths were in such groups. More than 14 percent of those questioned were described as racist, and anti-Semitism was rife.

More than 14 percent of those asked were inclined to brush off the Holocaust as "not awful" while a similar number tended to believe that Jews, through their behaviour, were not entirely blameless for their persecution.

Wolfgang Schaeuble, Germany's interior minister, said at the presentation of the state-sponsored report he would push for the creation of more sports clubs in regions with social problems.

Late last year, a violent attack on Bavarian police chief Alois Mannichl, who had taken a stand against far-right supporters, stoked a debate over the rise of neo-Nazis.

Earlier this month, an EU agency reported that peaks in anti-Semitism in Europe tracked tensions in the Middle East.

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldN...38554620090317


Just tell a teenager that something is forbidden and just watch them flock to it.

[Beorn]

I enjoy seeing the leftist elite worrying.

The rise of the common, disgruntled man is coming.

[Treffie]

Rebellion nearly always comes from the younger generation - I see trouble ahead not only for Germany but Europe as a whole. Our leftist, rightist and centrists governments have all failed to stop mass immigration and the rise of Islamist extremists, so perhaps this is what Europe needs?

[Beorn]

Rebellion nearly always comes from the younger generation

Very true.

The older I have got, the less inclined I have become to rebel outright and fight.
The passion and motivation is still there, but the constant recollection of having a little girl and boy who expect me home every night derails my trail of action.

Rebellion is a young man's game.

[Ulex]

Rebellion is a young man's game.

Well, I guess rebellion is keeping me young then.

Whenever you feel frustrated that nothing seems to happen, you should go to one of the big demonstrations in Germany. At the biggest demos you see thousands and thousands of people, an ocean of youth demanding for a change. And the people you see there are only a very small percentage of those, who supports the idea of a Germanic liberation. It takes a lot of courage to stand up in such demonstrations knowing that it may cost your job and carier. Most people stay home to protect their family, and I understand them completely, as long as they support the cause in their hearts.

And yet you see the demonstrations grow bigger each year, even if the medias and society are increasing their bombardment of the cause and its supporters.

It seems that some kind of reaction always is bound to happen, when you take everything that keep a people together away from them. They will need a substitute for this loss of identity, and this substitute should consist of much more than just abstract theories about tolerance and democracy. You will have to give them land, consciousness and identity. But hey... That's what we wanted to take away from them, wasn't it?

We always discuss how to make things rolling. I wouldn't worry too much. Things will start rolling all by itself. Our main problem is to control this natural counter-reaction of the people and direct it. Otherwise we may end up in a chaos, which will serve nobody.

[Albion]

I enjoy seeing the leftist elite worrying.

The rise of the common, disgruntled man is coming.

I'll bet even more German teens are joining antifa though. I doubt all German teens will suddenly go flocking to National Socialism.

[Útrám]

Relevant:

[Žołnir]

Roughly one in twenty 15-year-old German males is a member of a neo-Nazi group, a higher proportion than are involved in mainstream politics

LOL this is in Slovenia normal for at least a decade. It dosen't mean much becouse many of those who are neo-nazi's in youth stop being after they grow up.