An increasing number of young men in Germany are gravitating towards far-right ideologies. 9 hours earlier. Jessica Parker. Parker J. Marker, the correspondent based in Berlin. Kristina Volk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Nick, who is 73 years old, explains, “My parents taught me that they once lived without fear in their own country, enjoying peace and tranquility.” “I wish to reside in a nation where fear is not a concern.” I met him in a small bar located on a street corner in the former mining town of Freiberg, Saxony, where he is playing darts. It was a chilly, foggy February night, with just over two weeks remaining before Germany’s national election. Nick and his friend Dominic, who is 30 years old, support or are sympathetic to the Alternative für Deutschland party – a group that has maintained a second-place position in polls for over eighteen months, as far-right ideologies draw in more young individuals, especially men, across Germany and Europe. One reason Nick, along with many other young German men, expresses fear is due to the increase in attacks in Germany linked to suspects who are asylum seekers, with the recent tragic incidents in Aschaffenburg involving the fatal stabbing of a toddler and a man in a park.
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