Nazi Germany
German state from 1933 to 1945
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| May 2025 | 55 mainly Jewish Holocaust researchers, historians, and academics supported the Linke party's adoption of the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism, an alternative definition designed to allow greater scope for criticism of Israeli government policy. |
| 2025 | Planned opening of a new permanent exhibition with expanded content and a Media and Research Center. |
| 2025 | AfD continues to grow, winning 20.80% of votes and ranking 2nd nationally, marking its strongest electoral performance to date. |
| 2024 | Germany labeled the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as an extremist organization, despite its commitment to non-violence. |
| 2024 | In the Thuringian state election, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the first far-right party since the Nazi Party to win a plurality of seats in a state election. |
| 2024 | The Conference of European Rabbis awarded Federal Commissioner Klein the Moshe Rosen Prize for his work. |
| 2024 | Germany labeled the BDS movement an extremist organization, despite its commitment to non-violence. |
| 2024 | By this year, 15 out of 16 federal states in Germany have appointed their own antisemitism commissioners, with five states additionally having commissioners in their chief public prosecutors' offices. |
| November 2024 | Coalition parties in Germany's government drafted a resolution aimed at 'protecting, preserving, and strengthening Jewish life in Germany'. |
| November 2024 | An antisemitism resolution proposed by German mainstream parties passed with a cross-party majority in the German parliament, with only the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance voting against. The resolution ties public arts and science funding to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism. |
| November 5 2024 | The Federal Prosecutor's Office arrested eight suspects of the Saxon Separatists neo-Nazi group in Saxony and Poland. The arrests involved over 450 emergency services, with properties searched in Germany, Austria, and Poland. The alleged leader, Jörg S., was arrested in Zgorzelec, Poland. |
| October 8 2024 | Jacob Hersant of the National Socialist Network became the first Victorian to be found guilty of performing a Nazi salute under the new legislation. |
| August 2024 | An open letter signed by 150 Jewish personalities was published in Die Tageszeitung, criticizing a draft resolution 'to protect Jewish life' and highlighting concerns about rising right-wing nationalism in Germany. |
| January 2024 | The International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that Israel had violated Article 3 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. |
| January 8 2024 | The law banning Nazi symbols and salutes went into effect, with violations punishable by up to 12 months in prison. |
| 2023 | Over 400 scholars, including Judith Butler and Noam Chomsky, published an open letter opposing political interference and litmus tests in Germany regarding antisemitism discussions. |
| 2023 | The German Diaspora Alliance documented 84 cases of deplatforming or cancellation, with 25% targeting Jewish individuals or groups with Jewish members. |
| June 2023 | The Albanese government introduced legislation to criminalize the sale and public display of Nazi symbols and the Nazi salute through the 'Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures)' bill. |
| 2022 | Release of the film 'The Forger', highlighting the experiences of hidden Jews during World War II. |
| 2022 | A Palestinian art collective was invited to the Documenta 15 art exhibition, sparking public debates about antisemitism. |
| February 9 2022 | The Federal Council of Switzerland officially rejected a proposed ban on Nazi symbols and salutes, declining to implement restrictions on these controversial historical markers. |
| 2021 | AfD maintains strong presence, winning 10.39% of votes and ranking 5th nationally. |
| October 2021 | North Rhine-Westphalia reported a total of 275 cases of suspected right-wing extremism among police officers between 2017 and September 2021, with 53 cases confirmed by October. |
| September 2021 | By mid-September, six trainee inspectors were dismissed from the police force due to right-wing extremist activities, with two more dismissed and three warned. |
| May 2021 | Opening of the Interim Exhibition 'Nuremberg – Site of the Nazi Party Rallies. The Staging, the Experience, the Violence' in the Documentation Center's Exhibition Hall. |
| 2020 | Postcolonial Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe was invited and subsequently disinvited from the Ruhrtriennale festival due to political pressure from Commissioner Klein. |
| December 2020 | Closure of the permanent exhibition 'Fascination and Terror' at the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds. |
| September 24 2020 | Interior Minister Herbert Reul reported 100 suspected cases of right-wing extremism in North Rhine-Westphalia's police force since 2017, with 92 disciplinary proceedings initiated. |
| September 16 2020 | Large-scale police operation involving searches of 34 police stations and private homes in multiple cities, resulting in the suspension of 29 police officers for right-wing extremist chat group activities. 43 telephones and storage media were confiscated. |
| August 2020 | As of August 2020, 14 state interior ministries had registered at least 170 right-wing extremist incidents involving police officers since the beginning of 2015. |
| March 2020 | European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) presents a study highlighting significant increases in racism and institutional discrimination in Germany between 2014 and 2019. |
| March 2020 | By this time, eleven USK officers had been forcibly transferred, disciplinary proceedings were opened against 15 officers, and one was punished for incitement to hatred. Two criminal proceedings regarding violation of official secrets were still ongoing. |
| February 2020 | Federal Public Prosecutor General's Office uncovered a right-wing extremist chat group involving police officers Thorsten W. and others, who exchanged Nazi propaganda, racist slogans, and discussed shooting foreigners. |
| February 2020 | Right-wing extremists were arrested after conspiring to launch attacks on mosques to trigger a civil war. |
| January 2020 | Investigators discovered a racist chat group in the Aachen-West police station, with officers exchanging racist images and content. |
| 2019 | Documented rise of right-wing extremist incidents involving German police, with approximately 200 cases reported across federal states. |
| 2019 | Marco G. received a suspended sentence for illegally collecting weapons and ammunition related to the Nordkreuz group. |
| 2019 | A police commissioner received a fine for a data protection offence and was transferred to Berlin-Friedrichshain after being found responsible for sending threatening letters containing illegally obtained personal data. |
| 2019 | A Claims Conference study revealed significant gaps in Austrian Holocaust knowledge, with 56% of Austrians unaware that 6 million Jews were murdered and 42% unfamiliar with the Mauthausen concentration camp. |
| 2019 | Video game 'Mein Waifu is the Fuhrer', a Nazi-themed anime dating simulator, was released |
| 2019 | German universities adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which would potentially restrict discussions about Israeli policies. |
| 2019 | The Bundestag passed a resolution declaring Germany's 'unique historical responsibility', which prioritized 'the fight against antisemitism and a commitment to Israel's security' as part of Germany's Staatsräson. The resolution also declared the BDS movement antisemitic and compared it to the 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses. |
| October 2019 | Dresden's city council passed a motion declaring a 'Nazi emergency', signaling a serious problem with the far right in the city. |
| March 2019 | The police misconduct case became public, resulting in four USK officers being suspended and eight others transferred. |
| January 2019 | Investigators uncovered a WhatsApp group of 42 former and active USK members sharing anti-Semitic content and inappropriate videos, including a brutal Taser video. |
| 2018 | Eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup. |
| 2018 | Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) reported 270 new cases of suspected right-wing extremism and 170 reportable incidents in the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). |
| December 2018 | Emergence of 'NSU 2.0' letters becomes publicly known, prompting demands for systemic reforms in police screening and conduct. |
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