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http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,502694,00.html
August 29, 2007
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“SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERVIEW WITH RACISM EXPERT
‘Awareness of Ethnic Discrimination Is Low in Germany’
SPIEGEL ONLINE talks to racism expert Nicole Bosch about xenophobia in Germany and what can be done to combat right-wing extremism.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SPIEGEL ONLINE: Is racism a particular problem in certain parts of Germany?
Bosch: Concerning the number of right-wing extremist violent crimes, the figures show that eastern Germany tends to be more affected by such crimes than western Germany. In 2005, the highest numbers of such crimes in relation to the total population were recorded in Saxony-Anhalt, where there were 4.29 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, and Brandenburg (3.78 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants), which are both in eastern Germany. In contrast, the western German states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate displayed the lowest figures, with 0.41 and 0.59 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively. However, these figures cannot simply be interpreted as meaning there is more or less racism in eastern or western Germany.”