Racist violence in Germany (1)

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Racist violence in Germany
artdoc February=1992

On 13 December 1991 the German Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz
(BfV, security service) announced that it will be transferring
100 personnel from the extreme left to the extreme right
department. According to the BfV in 1991 up to mid-December,
1,150 extreme-right violent incidents have been reported. 790 of
these in the former West Germany, (128 in 1990) and 362 in former
GDR. Most of the attacks were against minorities and asylum
seekers, but a quarter of those in the former GDR were against
Soviet military personnel or installations.

Statewatch, Volume 2 no 1, January/February 1992

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