Why German youth embrace violence and extremism
In 2023, a 15- and a 17-year-old plotted to attack a Christmas market in Leverkusen (North Rhine-Westphalia). In online chats, the two supporters of the “Islamic State” (IS), considered a terrorist organization by German domestic intelligence, plotted to kill as many people as possible by driving a truck into the crowd of revellers. Two days before the planned attack, the teenagers were arrested after police had become aware of their online chats. The minors were sentenced to four years in prison in 2024.
Cases like this are increasingly worrying German security authorities. The Federal Criminal Police (BKA) has for years been recording an increase in violent crime . The number of juvenile suspects under the age of 18 has increased by almost a third since 2019, and the number of suspects under the age of 14 has even risen by two-thirds in the same period.
DW is a state funded propaganda outlet like our own CBC.
With the AfD on the rise DW no doubt fears for funding hence the steady drumbeat of “far-right” extremism.
Oh look the Antifa that doesn’t exist does battle with the Police.
BREAKING: Chaos on the streets of Giessen, Germany, as ANTIFA extremists try to spark a full-blown clash over the founding of the AfD youth wing.
Over 40,000 militant left-wing radicals have announced their arrival, even threatening to “burn the city down.” pic.twitter.com/PT3Na3H5zV
— Mario ZNA (@MarioBojic) November 29, 2025
Hello USA,
watch what is happening today in #Giessen. These radical protests against the formation of a new youth group of the AfD are being financed by the German government through NGOs.
This must stop.pic.twitter.com/P1wOPihqFR
— Miró (@unblogd) November 29, 2025
#Giessen RIGHT NOW: clashes between police and anti-fascist protesters. Thousands have been blocking 16 entry points to the city since early morning to stop the far-right AfD from founding its youth wing “Generation Deutschland”. pic.twitter.com/KqESVFetU6
— (@altrella_l) November 29, 2025
An AfD speaker
Julia Gehrckens – a new female star of the „Alternative for Germany“ (AfD) is born
Sensation at the founding party conference of “Generation Germany” (GD), the new youth organization of the AfD:
Julia Gehrckens, a proud, brave, and courageous young German woman who grew up in… pic.twitter.com/BLcy75N2To
— Wolfgang Schütt (@WolfgangSchuett) November 30, 2025
