ABSTRACT
The recent wave of right-wing extremist activities, violent assaults against foreigners, and anti-Semitism has shocked Germany and the world. This wave seems to be part of a general increase in xenophobic attitudes and right-wing extremism that has affected many Western European countries since 1990 (Alber, 1995; Björgo & Witte, 1993; Merkl & Weinberg, 1993; Wiegand, 1992, 1993). But its history sets Germany apart. The question of continuity and change in German right-wing extremism has become a leitmotif of research in this area since its beginning in the 1980s.
