Rostock

Neonazi riots in Rostock – a week of violence In the last weeks of August, the peaceful revolution of 1989 was followed by a brutal civil-war like rage in Rostock Lichtenhagen. A mob of frustrated, angry teenagers violently attacked a refugee home. Led by Neo-Nazis and encouraged by cheering neighbours, they burned down the home, risking the lives of more than 100 people, mostly Vietnamese workers. Violent racism and a mob out of control – the result of three years of German reunification? As opposed to other news stations, Spiegel TV shows a chronicle of the week by documenting the events of each day in remarkable details – such as circumstances surrounding the suspicious police action during the night the refugee home was set on fire.