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German far-right terrorism
Štekl, Jakub ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
This thesis focuses on the issue of far-right lone-wolf terrorism in Germany. Lone-wolf terrorism - terrorism perpetrated by individuals, who display no ties to terrorist organizations - is a concept, which is skeptically accepted by many scholars. The main issue with this concept is the emphasis of the "lone" part, especially during the preparation and the attack itself. Scholars, who refuse this concept claim, that in every case, the attacker is a member of a larger group - it can be either ideology-based or it can provide material assistance. Furthermore, lone- wolf terrorism is primarily associated with religious terrorism, probably because of the activities of Islamic state in recent years. However, this thesis approaches lone-wolf terrorism as relevant concept, which refers to a security threat, that is represented by radicalized and hard- to-detect individuals. The thesis focuses on three cases of far-right terrorism in Germany, which were committed by an attacker, that operated alone - Munich shooting (July 2016), Halle synagogue attack (October 2019), and Hanau shooting (February 2020). German society provided significant space for radicalization and spread of far-right ideology, especially because of its friendly politics after the outbreak of refugee crisis. Regarding the cases, the main...
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The radicalization of East German youth - the case of Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund
Šašková, Klára ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Handl, Vladimír (referee)
The exposure of the terrorist organisation Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund (National Socialist Underground, NSU) in November 2011 exposed the still topical problem that is the right-wing scene in contemporary Germany. The Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund consisted of three young people: Beate Zschäpe, Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt. The group managed to stay hidden for over ten years without being discovered by the police or the authorities during which time its members committed at least ten murders, fifteen robberies and two bomb attacks. Its discovery reopened the issue of how the Federal Republic of Germany has been dealing with both its Nazi-past and its current right-wing scene. This thesis focuses on the radicalization of East German youth in the 1990s and presents this trend using the aforementioned group as an example. Firstly, right-wing extremism is characterized and this part is followed by the description of the specifics of right-wing extremism in GDR and the new federal states (Bundesländer). The thesis then describes the lives of the three members before the formation of the group, the operation of the group while hidden as well as the crimes linked to the group. Firstly, it focuses on the bank robberies the trio used to gain financial resources, secondly, on the murders...
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