Thirty years ago, a massive racist pogrom took place in Rostock Lichtenhagen. It was mostly directed at Vietnamese immigrants but also touched a few Roma.

It highlighted the existent of violent racism in Germany, something that has unfortunately continued. Other lessons, such as how the police should intervene have been learnt.

• Pogrom von Rostock-Lichtenhagen:Die Chronologie eines Staatsversagens. In: Der Tagesspiegel. 21.08.2022. https://plus.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/pogrom-von-rostock-lichtenhagen-die-chronologie-eines-staatsversagens-8568190.html
• 30 Jahre Pogrome in Rostock-Lichtenhagen: Politologin fordert Diskurs zu Rassismus. In: Sonntagsblatt. 21.08.2022. https://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/gesellschaft/30-jahre-pogrome-rostock-lichtenhagen-politologin-fordert-diskurs-zu-rassismus

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