The online counselling is for victims of right-wing violence, their relatives and friends who have been attacked or are situated in Sachsen-Anhalt. We also advise witnesses or other people in connection with right-wing violence who have a need for support or are in contact with other victims.

In addition people can turn to us who are affected by hate speech, right-wing cyber bullying or outings via right-wing extremist groups.

Right-wing attacks have a certain historical content based on inequality and an inhuman ideology which spreads throughout society. It includes racism, anti-Semitism, Social Darwinism, homophobia and hostility against LBGTTQI. The attributions the offender gives the victim, which doesn’t necessarily represent the actual belonging to a group are relevant. On the other hand it is not relevant if the offender situates him or herself towards a right-wing group or has a solid right-wing opinion.

Our understanding of violence means physical violence and crimes which are accompanied by physical damage or at least intend to this (attempted or completed assaults, death, robbery or rape crime or deprivation of liberty.

Arson and bomb attacks as well as property damage, coercian and threat are classified as acts of violence if the victims suffer from significant consequences. In some specific cases this can also include victims of hate speech, cyberbullying and outings via neo-Nazis.

Right-winged violence is not only committed by organised extremist or Neo Nazis. We offer support for all types of violence based on inequality.

Yes. Hostility against LGBTTIQ counts as right-wing violence.

We will reply within two working days. If you send us an email on Friday we may only be able to get back to you until Tuesday as we do not work at weekends or during holidays.

If you contact us in English or German we can get back to you straight away and chat with you. Emails in other languages are possible but will take some more time as we have to translate your concerns and our answerers into German by interpreters. In these cases we cannot guarantee a response within two work days. We will try to get back to you as soon as possible. You can also check our online website for further information in different languages (see top right button

We are both full-time, trained and qualified advisors who will answer your questions and chat with you. We are bound to confidentiality. The caseloads are discussed anonymously using a method called “Kollegiale Beratung” (Collegial Consultation) and in a day long supervision session with the team. We belong to a professional outreach counselling team for victims of right-wing violence situated in Sachsen-Anhalt. We take sides with the victims, support them and intervene..

You decide if you want written or oral advice and what kind of counselling you would like to make use of. If you need support in connection with a right-wing attack for example reporting an incident, doing a court testimony or going to see a doctor or other authorities, we can help you.

Our clients are often people who experience discrimination and exclusion on a daily basis. Taking sides is a fundamental approach in our work. It means we take sides with victims of right-wing attacks and strengthen their weaker position. It also means taking the victims specific perspectives seriously and supporting him/her in achieving their self-determined goals. Our work is independent of government agencies and political parties in content and structure.

If you want to take part in our online counselling you must sign up with a username and password. If you have provided an emailadress during your registration you can change your password in case you forgot yours via “Forgot password”. If you want to stay anonymous choose a username and email address that doesn’t reveal your true identity.

We would be grateful if you could provide some details for a rough orientation of your whereabouts, your sex, age-group and how you found out about the online counselling service for our statistical evaluation and to improve our online counselling.

The communication between your browser and our online counselling server is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL). This means your messages can not be read or changed by a third person. But it lies within your responsibility to keep your username and password safe from others and to logout of your account.