http://directactionde.blogspot.com/2009/04/four-upper-class-cars-torched.html
Abroad, the fascists and neo-Nazis are more well-known than the anarchists or the autonomen in Germany . However, the government and its courts of Germany today, (because of the national desire to improve Germany 's image abroad) is more willing to hand down tough sentences and to enforce laws related to fascism and calls to violence from fascists. As a matter of fact, some Neo-nazis work full-time outside of Germany rather than in-land because the pressure from investigators is so hot at times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/13/international/europe/13france.html
http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/2009/04/germanys-major-neo-nazi-party-faces.html
This current societal context or situation of already having too many vigilante-like citizens groups, like fascists and autonomen, combined with the horrid memories of the civil in-fighting of the reds and brown shirts of the 1920s and the subsequent fascism in the 1930s and 1940s, leads most Germans today to prefer or choose more peaceful routes in this millennium.
However, I also know that at times talk is cheap and action speaks much more.
I wish the country of Germany the best in terms of trying to be able to balance individual freedom and the need for law enforcement. An active citizenry is needed to improve conditions in the country. The trend for decades has been to place too much dependence on training in peace-making and in global education in the public and private schools.
However, I would say that parents and adults need to set better examples at home.
In the long run, if a living parent shows civil courage and is willing to be a peacemaker (no matter how difficult), that will influence children more than a dead hero of civil courage, like the poor Dominik Brunner.
P.S. As I write this article, there has been another act of violence in schools in Germany . In Ansbach , Bavaria several students and their attacker are now in the hospital. The attacker brought an ax to the Carolinen School . The violent 19-year old then set off several Molotov cocktails in the gym.
Today is 6 months since the last major attack in German Schools, i.e. in Winnenden by Stuttgart . There 17-year old murderer killed at least 11 people after taking 18 guns from his father's gun case. In short, schools aren't enough to stop the violence. It takes a wall of civil courage that is not simply ready to fight violence only with violence.
Parents and others, please, stand up and get some control of the status quo. Stop letting violence happen to you and others.
NOTES
Gottesdienst trauert um den tapferen S-Bahn Helden", http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/2009/09/16/s-bahn-held/gedenk-gottesdienst-station-solln-dominik-brunner.html
Hamm, Jorg, "Angler fuehlen sich von Russen bedroht", http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/region/rhein-main/7326364.htm
Nieto, Sonia " Solidarity, courage and heart: what teacher educators can learn from a new generation of teachers" Intercultural Education, 1469-8439, Volume 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 457 -- 473
