Timelines

After reunification, a new German nationalism gained strength, accompanied by escalating racist violence, including almost daily attacks, arson attacks and hunts. Pogroms occurred in Hoyerswerda, Mannheim-Schönau and Rostock-Lichtenhagen.  Amadeu Antonio Kiowa was one of the first victims of racially motivated violence after reunification. In 1992, ten-year-old Yeliz Arslan, 14-year-old Ayse Yilmaz and 51-year-old Bahide Arslan died in Mölln as a result of an arson attack by two neo-Nazis. In 1993, Gürsün İnce (27), Hatice Genç (18), Gülüstan Öztürk (12), Hülya Genç (9) and Saime Genç (4) were murdered in a racist arson attack in Solingen. In order to protect themselves and oppose the racist violence, especially second-generation youth organised themselves nationwide in migrant anti-fascist and anti-racist resistance structures, such as "Antifaşist Gençlik" in Berlin. Music, especially rap and hip-hop, also developed into a medium in the struggle against racism. In 1992, the hip-hop group “Advanced Chemistry” released the song "Fremd im eigenen Land" (Foreign in your own country), which reflected the attitude of many young migrants in Germany.