Overview

• German schools reported a record number of right-wing extremist crimes in 2024, with incidents more than doubling nationwide over the past decade.
• States like Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Bavaria saw steep year-on-year increases in reported cases between 2023 and 2024.
• Propaganda offenses, including swastika graffiti, Hitler salutes, racist insults, and death threats, account for the majority of incidents.
• Recent incidents include masked individuals threatening a teacher in Oelsnitz and neo-Nazi gestures by students at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
• Inconsistent data collection across federal states hinders comprehensive analysis, prompting calls for unified reporting standards and stronger preventive measures.