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has announced a spike in far-right  and warned that political extremists are 'the biggest threat to our country.'<br>The interior ministry reported another annual increase in anti-Semitic crimes, up by 15.7 per cent in 2020, with 2,351 total incidents - 94.6% of which were committed by a far-right suspect.<br>Of the total, 62 were acts of violence while the majority were antisemitic hate speech and  [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet site] other related crimes, frequently on social media.<br>Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said: 'This development in Germany is not only troubling, but in view of our history, deeply shameful.' <br>         A protester with an Iron Cross draped over his back outside the Reichstag at a far-right demonstration against lockdown during the summer.<br><br>The symbol harks back to imperial Germany and was re-appropriated by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler  <br>Far-right crime rose by 5.65 per cent in 2020, accounting for more than half of all politically-motivated criminality.<br>Seehofer said: 'This shows again that right-wing extremism is the biggest threat for our country.'<br>It comes as Berlin police arrested a 53-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening neo-Nazi letters to politicians, lawyers and journalists. <br>The suspect, whose name wasn't released for privacy reasons, has previous convictions for 'numerous crimes, including ones that were motivated by right-wing ideology,' said prosecutors in Frankfurt,  [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web market links] who are handling the case.<br>The letters were signed 'NSU 2.0.' A German group called the National Socialist Underground was responsible for a string of violent crimes between 1998 and  [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market url] [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets] 2011, including the racially motivated killings of nine men with immigrant backgrounds and a police officer.<br>The group's name was derived from the full name of the Nazi, or National Socialist, party.<br>Police think the suspect sent almost 100 letters to dozens of people and organizations across Germany and Austria since 2018.<br>   RELATED ARTICLES                <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>12 shares<br><br><br>German news agency dpa reported that investigators think the suspect may have obtained personal data on the people he targeted from official records or [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] forums.<br>German security agencies warned of the growing threat of violent far-right extremism.<br>In July 2019, a regional politician from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party was killed by a neo-Nazi; three months later, a gunman tried to force his way into a synagogue on Yom Kippur, killing two people. <br>Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, said the German numbers revealed by the interior ministry today highlighted a broader issue.<br>'This is a wake-up call, not just for Germany, but for the whole world,' he said.<br><br>'These figures should ring alarm bells, because we are seeing similar trends across the Western world.'<br>In 2020, Germany recorded a 72.4% increase in anti-immigrant crimes, up to 5,298 total cases over 3,073 in 2019, Seehofer said.<br>         A bullet lies on the street in Hanau in February, 2020, after a right-wing terrorist shot nine people before turning the gun on himself <br>         Forensic officers investigating in Hanau after the shooting which targeted immigrants in February, 2020<br>       In the most deadly incident, nine people with immigrant backgrounds were shot dead in Hanau, near Frankfurt, in February by a gunman who had called for genocide.<br>Authorities have raised concerns about the role the Alternative for Germany party allegedly played in stoking a climate of resentment toward immigrants and the government.<br>The party, which placed third in Germany's 2017 election, has moved steadily to the right in recent years, drawing increasing scrutiny from the country's domestic intelligence agency.<br>On Tuesday, Alternative for Germany's section in Berlin condemned a member who appeared to lament the absence of attacks on Merkel.<br>The news website Business Insider reported that AfD's former chairman in Berlin, Guenter Brinker, forwarded a message stating that 'either that piece of dirt is so well protected that nobody can get at her,  [https://mydarkmarket.com dark markets] or don't the Germans have any balls?'<br>Brinker said later that he had mistakenly forwarded the message and regretted doing so, and that he rejected 'all forms of hatred and violence.'<br>Many in the AfD have expressed support for, and participated in, the regular protests in Germany against lockdown measures, organized by the so-called Querdenker movement.<br>         Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (pictured on Tuesday) said: 'This (anti-Semitic) development in Germany is not only troubling, but in view of our history, deeply shameful.'<br>The demonstrations have become increasingly violent, and  [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web market links] web link the country's domestic intelligence service late last month said it had put some members of the loose-knit Querdenker movement under observation.<br>The protests have brought together a broad range of demonstrators, including people opposing vaccinations, others who deny the existence of the coronavirus, mask opponents, conspiracy theorists and others.<br>Seehofer said the protests have also attracted neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists, and have regularly become violent.<br>'At these gatherings organized by the so-called Querdenker movement, attacks are directed against police officers and the press,' Seehofer said.<br>'Of the 260 reported crimes against journalists, 112 were related to corona' protests, he said.<br><br>'I want to say here very clearly: These acts of violence are no longer about exercising a constitutional right (to demonstrate), but are acts of violence of a criminal nature that I condemn in the strongest possible terms.' <br>