TraCe Policy Briefs

The murder of nine people with migrant biographies in an attack in Hanau on 19 February 2020 was yet another act of racist vio­lence perpetrated by right-wing extremists in Germany. What role does con­temporary racist violence play in the collective memory? Debates on making Germany’s remem­brance culture more inclusive have so far mostly focu­sed on the way it confronts the country’s Nazi past and historical res­ponsibility in today’s post­migrant society. As we remember the victims of the Hanau attack, it becomes all the more evi­dent that an inclusive remembrance culture is needed to address the con­tinuities of far-right violence.