Harry Waibel

His main topics are neo-Nazism, right-wing extremism and antisemitism in the GDR and racism in Germany from 1945 to the present.

[1] In 1993 he was awarded a doctorate by Wolfgang Benz at the Center for Research on Antisemitism of Technische Universität Berlin with a study on neo-Nazism, antisemitism and racism in the GDR under the title Rechtsextremisten in der DDR bis 1989.

In his book Rechtsextremisten in der DDR bis 1989, Waibel argues, among other things, that the authoritarian structure of the GDR was particularly effective against young people and was an essential prerequisite for young people to adopt xenophobic and profascist attitudes.

The GDR leadership had created an authoritarian state that made it easy for right-wing extremists to find social connections.

[5] Critics note that the early entry of young people into the NSDAP does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about their actual later attitudes.