Neo-Nazis | Thuringia with the most right-wing extremist concerts

Supporters of the right-wing scene stand on the site of a right-wing rock concert. (to dpa: “Thuringia with the most right-wing extremist concerts”) Photo: dpa/arifoto UG Berlin. Most openly announced right-wing extremist music events took place in Thuringia in the first half of the year. Of the 79 concerts and recitals of this type across Germany to date, 51 took place in Thuringia alone. This emerges from a response from the federal government to a small question from Mandy Eißing and other members of the Bundestag from the Left.

A local focus is in a small community in the Hildburghausen district. Tommy Frenck, a right-wing extremist known nationwide primarily as the organizer of right-wing concerts, runs an inn there. Relevant artists and groups perform there regularly.

The police recorded a total of 130 right-wing extremist music events nationwide in the first half of the year. This also includes events that were announced and prepared conspiratorially, but nevertheless became known to the authorities.

»Right-wing extremist concerts are important tools for financing, networking and recruiting for the right-wing scene. It is particularly problematic if permanent structures and real estate can be established for this purpose," said Eißing, looking at the numbers. »The fact that Thuringia is at the top nationwide shows how firmly anchored these structures are. It is not enough to prevent individual concerts. “We have to deprive them of space, infrastructure and young talent,” is the demand of the left-wing politician. dpa/nd

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