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NGO Reports Record Right-Wing Attacks in Brandenburg for 2025

The victim counseling group warns of increasingly targeted attacks, urging stronger backing from the new SPD/CDU government.

Overview

  • Opferperspektive counted 290 right-wing, racist, antisemitic and queerphobic attacks in 2025, with 523 people affected, both the highest since the group began tracking.
  • Official police statistics have not been released, and an SPD state lawmaker cited 98 right-wing violent crimes from Interior Ministry data, highlighting a sharp methodological gap.
  • The NGO says its totals follow politically motivated crime categories but also include threats and coercion, which police do not classify as violent crimes.
  • Hotspots were identified in North Brandenburg, led by Märkisch-Oderland (46 attacks), followed by Cottbus (38) and Oberhavel (23).
  • Recent cases cited include attacks on a youth club in Senftenberg, a refugee shelter in Stahnsdorf and a pro-democracy rally in Bad Freienwalde, as the group calls for funding to protect counseling services after anti-discrimination advising ended due to lost federal support.