Yes, there was a storm of indignation after the secret meeting in Potsdam with the so-called remigration plans of various right-wing extremists was revealed in January. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to show that they reject such delusions and stand up for an open society. This storm of indignation has now noticeably subsided; the AfD celebrated electoral successes in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg. But the Correctiv research team has now not only published a book about the Potsdam meeting (Marcus Bensmann: Nobody can say they didn’t know. The outrageous plans of the AfD, Galiani Berlin), now the investigative media house is publishing another educational work with the Title “100 cards about right-wing extremism”.
The special thing about the book is the visual implementation of the gloomy data in brightly colored graphics and maps. The Katapult publishing house is responsible for this and sees its way of working as follows: “Making science understandable to everyone and translating it into original maps”. This is successful in many cases; when leafing through the pages, there is always the famous aha effect, which often does not occur when analyzes are written through. Unfortunately, the graphics are not sorted in any apparent order; everything goes wildly from right-wing terror in the Federal Republic to Holocaust extermination sites, Albanian nationalism, anti-Semitism at sporting events to the “Nordkreuz Group”, which compiled death lists for hundreds of people in Germany.
Those who despise democracy also look abroad
Nevertheless, reading is highly recommended, even for young people. Especially on the maps of Germany you can quickly see how widely networked ethnic land grabbers, right-wing extremist publishers and publications are now and how they are spreading further and further. Basic information such as explanations of right-wing extremist codes or inhumane quotes from AfD politicians can also help to become aware of the dangers. Each graphic or map is provided with a sober, categorizing text. Unfortunately, you have to laboriously look for the sources in the appendix; a lot of it has been researched yourself. Maybe there shouldn’t have been 100 cards, some seem bizarre, some are repetitive.
And: It is repeatedly apparent and mentioned how little research has been done in many areas of right-wing extremism. Closing these gaps is important; This book helps to bring the dark sides of Germany to light. Striking, well-founded and, above all, fearless.