Overview

• The Brandenburg Education Ministry is probing two schools—Grundschule Rehfelde and Evangelische Gemeinschaftsschule Doberlug-Kirchhain—over alleged racist remarks during a June class trip to Greifswald.
• A preliminary review found reciprocal insults and extremist expressions by both Brandenburg and Berlin pupils, including documentation of a Hitler salute in a teacher’s memorandum.
• Brandenburg teachers reported that they intervened on-site to address the verbal disputes as soon as they arose.
• A parent said male pupils in the Kreuzberg class, about 80 percent of whom have migration backgrounds, were repeatedly targeted with racial slurs.
• The Education Ministry says a full investigation will take time and has scheduled workshops on extremist language and de-escalation when the new school year begins.