PhD project
as part of the joint project "The Radical Right in Germany, 1945-2000"
The violence against former contract workers from Vietnam and asylum seekers in the Rostock district of Lichtenhagen lasted three days. Today, the racist attacks are considered the largest pogrom in German post-war history. The project approaches the event using Saul Friedländer's "integrated history" and methods from the field of pogrom and violence research
The PhD project examines the interdependent actions of various actors and their influence on the pogrom dynamics in Rostock-Lichtenhagen. One main focus is on the actions and experiences of those affected by the violence. Furthermore, the project contextualizes the violence in Rostock-Lichtenhagen within the wave of German post-reunification pogroms as well as other forms of right-wing violence and racist mobilizations.
The pogrom as a moment of spatial and temporal aggregation of actor constellations and actor behavior is intended to enable an understanding of the racist violence during the German transformation period. By examining the radical right in its interdependence with other actors, the project also aims to methodologically expand research into right-wing extremism in contemporary history.
