Overview

• Since mid-2024 the Bundeskriminalamt has identified several new right-wing extremist youth groups with a combined membership in the low hundreds.
• Groups such as "Jung und Stark", "Deutsche Jugend Voran", "Der Störtrupp" and "Letzte Verteidigungswelle" operate through interconnected regional cells across multiple states.
• Platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube are being used to recruit members and mobilize actions targeting LGBTQ+ events and anti-right-wing demonstrations.
• In May federal and state authorities carried out a nationwide raid on "Letzte Verteidigungswelle", detaining eight suspected members over planned attacks on asylum shelters and left-wing facilities.
• Security officials link the growth to post-pandemic digital shifts and caution that radicalization often goes unnoticed until violence emerges.