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Party, Brawls, and Posts: The New Neo-Nazi Youth Scene in Germany

Since Spring 2024, new Neo-Nazi youth formations have emerged across Germany. These groups visually and organizationally resemble the “Kameradschaft” (comradeship) scene of the 1990s and 2000s. Currently, three parallel strategies dominate the...

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Blonde pigtails, blue eyes, country flair: this is how "Die Heimat", formerly the NPD, sells itself on its homepage. Its offspring, on the other hand, are aggressive, masked and openly violent. In order to win over young people from outside the party, they set up local groups with new names.

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May 8, 2025
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Guns, Drugs, and Swastikas: Europe’s Neo-Nazi Mafias

A few weeks ago, the Austrian police discovered 90 firearms, 10,000 pieces of ammunition and several Nazi uniforms during a series of raids. In Germany, members of a Nazi Mafia were sentenced for drug trafficking and other crimes in recent years...

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"Senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, Ian Acheson, warned that video games were the "perfect way to recruit kids" due to how "easy" it was to disguise interactions that were "seamless and social".

Ashton Kingdon, author of The World White Web claimed that far-right propaganda was "everywhere", added: "It's a Wild West where young people, especially those who spend a lot of time gaming, can find their tribes. Extremist groups are well aware of this and use these platforms to push their messages on vulnerable players."

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February 26, 2025
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“"We are trying to bring some normality back to the lives of the affected communities."Any volunteer who comes to North Carolina or Florida to help the victims of hurricanes Helene and Milton could say the same. But the man who says this in front of a camera in a video posted on Telegram on October 6 and shared on most social networks is not just anyone. […] "The Patriot Front is also clearly fascist, and its logo is inspired by that of Benito Mussolini's Italian National Fascist Party ," says Matthew Feldman. It is also a group anchored in a culture of violence that "is linked to the American network of neo-Nazi cells of the Active Club Network ," says Joshua-Fisher Birch, an American analyst for the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), an international organisation that fights extremist movements.”

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October 12, 2024
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"The Counter Extremism Project, a New York-based non-profit group, noted that anti-LGBTQ ideas had been taken up by both Islamist and far-right extremists.

'It is no surprise that neo-Nazis and jihadis often express mutual admiration for their shared anti-gay visions,' Mark D Wallace, the project's chief executive, said in a statement."

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May 17, 2024
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"Australian white supremacists and neo-Nazis are encouraging members to undergo combat sports training and law enforcement avoidance under the banner of “Active Clubs”, a parliamentary inquiry into right-wing extremism heard from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)."

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April 12, 2024
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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