Edvard Munch and the Nazis: Chemnitz is afraid

Right-wing violence is increasing in Saxony, and victim support centers are sounding the alarm. It's fitting that the European Capital of Culture is currently orchestrating fear.

Soon to be seen as a lithograph in Chemnitz: “The Scream” (1893) by Edward Munch imago

Everyone is afraid. Nobody is afraid. Here are the ten biggest fears of Germans from the past year: fear of rising living costs, fear of the state being overwhelmed by refugees, fear of unaffordable housing, fear of tensions caused by the influx of foreigners, fear of tax increases or benefit cuts, fear of politicians being overwhelmed, fear of a division in society, fear of a poor economic situation, fear that authoritarian rulers around the world are becoming increasingly powerful, and fear of political extremism. Of neo-Nazis, for example. In Chemnitz, for example .