Franconia and particularly the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region has become one of the main action areas for the extreme right, openly forging links with the times of the Nazi dictatorship when Franconia was a stronghold of the NSDAP. In many cities, municipalities and districts the right-wing activities have become a firm fixture of everyday life.
One dangerous aspect is the neo-Nazi’s attempts at influencing young people with their ideology, for example by offering tented camps, rock concerts, handing out CDs with extreme rights-wing music and propaganda material near schools, and using the internet to spread their ideas.
This is why in March 2009 an “Alliance Against Right-Wing Extremism in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region” was established. By now, about 130 cities and districts, as well as 109 organisation of civil society have joined the Alliance.
