In the period from June to September 2024, CeMAS identified far-right mobilizations against Christopher Street Day (CSD) events in 28 German cities. Large-scale counter-demonstrations took place at several CSD events, with several hundred right-wing extremists attending. In Bautzen, around 700 neo-Nazis mobilized against a CSD event with 1,000 participants. Right-wing extremists attempted to intimidate CSD participants, harassed them and, in one case, planned a violent attack on them. At almost all CSD events, numerous police forces were deployed to prevent violence and had to intervene several times to protect CSD attendees.

This latest wave of anti-CSD demonstrations across Germany marks a change in the neo-Nazi scene in this country. The neo-Nazis of this new generation, many of whom belong to groups that have only gained traction in recent months through their participation in anti-CSD demonstrations, are increasingly young, online and more violence-oriented in their rhetoric than other far-right groups. These new neo-Nazi youth groups pose a potential threat to marginalized groups in both the short and long term.