TraCe Policy Briefs

Three Years Since Hanau: How Inclusive is Germany's Contemporary Remembrance Culture?

Policy Brief No. 1

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.

Mannitz, Sabine/Scheu, Lea Deborah/Stephanblome, Isabelle (2023): Three Years Since Hanau: How Inclusive is Germany's Contemporary Remembrance Culture? TraCe Policy Brief No. 1, 21.3.2023.