In Gotha, an arson attack is carried out on the house of an SPD politician who had called for a demonstration against right-wing radicalism. In Suhl, the windows of an SPD constituency office are broken. Also in Thuringia, the constituency office of a Left Party politician is daubed with swastikas: Such attacks on local politicians from democratic parties raise fears that supporters of the New Right are no longer just concerned with the much-discussed cultural hegemony, but with intimidating their opponents and controlling the public sphere room. The social scientist Wilhelm Heitmeyer has been studying right-wing threat alliances for decades.
AfD and violence: An interview with social scientist Wilhelm Heitmeyer – Culture
