Sealed off from society with ideologically like-minded people: people could become radicalized from right-wing extremist settlement projects. That's what the constitutional protectors fear - and are keeping an eye on possible efforts in Hesse.
Wiesbaden (dpa/lhe) - The Hessian Office for the Protection of the Constitution is currently aware of a "mid-single-digit number" of properties in the state that are used by the right-wing extremist scene, among other things, as an event location. This emerges from a response from the Ministry of the Interior to a parliamentary question from the SPD parliamentary group in Wiesbaden. These buildings are of great importance for the right-wing extremist scene as spaces for development and activity and are therefore monitored.
The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV) is currently not aware of a concrete settlement project by right-wing extremists "in the sense of a regionally concentrated settlement," the ministry said. However, the country has such possible efforts in mind. "The LfV Hessen sees a danger in extremist "dropout projects" because they go hand in hand with the ideological isolation of the group of people involved and can therefore promote individual and collective radicalization processes."
The so-called Anastasia movement is currently not an object of observation by the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution - however, the activities of the movement are continuously checked for possible indications of extremist efforts. "In the process, the LfV Hessen became aware that here, as members of the scene of Reich citizens and self-government, Hessian individuals known to have connections to the so-called Anastasia movement."
The movement refers to the novel character Anastasia by a Russian book author. Its followers have committed themselves to an esoterically based return to nature, combined, among other things, with a reactionary understanding of society, as the ministry explained. The followers establish family estates and dedicate themselves to the principle of self-sufficiency.
According to the information, three "family estate projects" are currently known in Hesse that are related to the Anastasia movement, as the ministry further announced. One is in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg, others are still in the planning phase.
