Lists of over 25,000 people dubbed as “enemies” by right-wing extremists in Germany emerged after a left-wing party made an inquiry in the Bundestag (German federal parliament).
The lists include thousands of names, addresses and telephone numbers, and the information was disclosed by the German government following the investigation.
The German government failed to protect the targets of right wing extremists as authorities were aware of the “enemy lists” since 2011, the inquiry revealed, yet failed to inform targets, archive the lists or include them in any federal or state database.
A mere three of the 25,000 targets were informed that they were at risk.
Martina Renner, a left-wing party politician in the Bundestag who specializes in right-wing extremism, slammed the government, condemning authorities for ignoring the dangers of right-wing terrorism.
Renner referred to the government’s actions as “completely absurd.”
"Imagine being on such a list and being left in the dark about it," she said, advocating for a central database to be established.
Beate Zschape, of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), was recently sentenced to life in prison. The neo-Nazi NSU had killed eight Turkish immigrants, a Greek citizen, and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007. The group also carried out bomb attacks targeting shops owned by immigrants in Cologne.
