Documentation.
We provide information on right-wing, racist and anti-Semitic violence and document according assaults and incidents in Bavaria.
The offenders are the only ones who are responsible for their deeds. The victims deserve our solidarity and support.
Racist insults and threats
On February 18th 2023, a woman stood on the street with her child and partner by the car to load things. A local resident walked slowly past them and stared at them with hostility. The victim asked if there was anything. As a result, the man became aggressive and approached her. The victim’s partner blocked his way and he insulted the victim and her partner. This was followed by another verbal altercation, which culminated in the man picking up an approx. 25x25cm paving stone, taking it out and threatening (through body language) to hit the partner of the victim on the head with it. He stopped and remained with the stone over the head of the partner of the person concerned. In this situation, an acquaintance came by with her dog, saw the scene and interfered. The man then dropped the stone back to the ground. The altercation continued, the man ran after the family, continued his racist insults. The child was in the immediate vicinity all the time. In the meantime, the victim had informed the police. When she gave her name, the resident ran directly to the doorbell sign to make sure how the name of the person concerned was spelled. Those affected reported the man, who was already known to the police, for insult, and a criminal complaint for threats will follow.
Source: Affected persons
Attack on journalist at conspiracy ideological demonstration on occasion of Munich Security Conference
On 18th of February 2023, a diverse conspiracy ideological spectrum gathered at Königsplatz in Munich on the occasion of the Munich Security Conference. Among others, the group “München steht auf” (“Munich stands up”), which was founded at the beginning of the pandemic in protest against the Corona measures, had called for the demonstration and now unites a wide spectrum of extreme right-wing and conspiracy ideological activists – with topics ranging from anti-vaccination to Putin solidarity. Well-known AfD functionaries, so-called “Reich citizens” and members of the “Free Saxons” also appeared at the demonstration.
While documenting the demonstration, a journalist was first verbally attacked by a participant, then the perpetrator tried to snatch the camera from him. After these attacks, the journalist decided to move away from the aggressive participant. When the victim turned around and started to walk away, the perpetrator pulled him to the ground from behind and knelt on his legs for a short time. Even after the assault, there was further harassment and filming of the journalist by those around him. The victim filed a complaint for assault and attempted robbery.
Source: Affected person
Footnote 1 emphasises: “When considering the circumstances of the offence, the victim’s perspective needs to be included, besides other aspects.”
offences that aimed to or succeeded in causing persons physical harm;
vandalism and arson if these indirectly aimed to harm a specific group of persons;
coercion and threats with severe consequences for the victim;
2022 Annual Report
2021 Annual Report
2020 Annual Report
2019 Annual Report
2018 Annual Report
As B.U.D. continues to lack the necessary resources to monitor incidents throughout Bavaria, the actual extent of right-wing violence must be considered far higher than currently indicated in our annual reports.
Generally speaking, the number of reported incidents of right-wing violence are merely an indicator of the actual extent of right-wing violence, as we have to assume that a high number of cases remains unreported in this field of offences.
