Word: kameradschaft
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...Martin Wiese, who came to Munich three years ago and has since worked odd jobs and organized right-wing demonstrations with Alexander Metzing, a Munich carpenter. Wiese and Metzing, both of whom are from the former East Germany, are suspected of being leaders of the far-right gang Kameradschaft Süd-Aktionsbüro Süddeutschland (Society of Comrades Action Bureau, Southern Germany). "It's no coincidence that they are east Germans," says Hajo Funke, an expert on right-wing extremism at Berlin's Free University. "Ten years of experiencing the downside of German unification has created...
...year, down 10% from the year before. But the number of right-wing extremist attacks rose nearly 9% last year, to 772. Bernd Wagner, who runs a government-backed program called Exit-Germany that has helped nearly 200 youngsters leave right-wing gangs, warns that the threat posed by Kameradschaft Süd-Aktionsbüro Süddeutschland should not be downplayed. "All the ingredients for right-wing terrorism are there," he says. "Part of the scene is really steaming and looking for a way to take action...