The article examines the history of right‑wing terrorism in the FRG from the post‑war years to the present day. It is noted that right‑wing terrorism has gone through several successive stages in its development. Whereas in the 1950s right‑wing extremist organizations (e.g., the “German Youth Union”) were often created under the auspices of American intelligence agencies to counter the communist threat from the East and combat internal “enemies,” the sociopolitical divide in West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s led to the emergence of a number of terrorist organizations (the Kühnen Group, the Hoffmann Military Sports Group, etc.), which carried out a series of terrorist attacks, the largest of which was the bombing during the Oktoberfest festival in Munich in 1980. The reunification of Germany in 1990 led to an increase in right‑wing extremism in the country, followed by violence from the far right. Moreover, whereas in the 1950s–1970s the main targets of right wing terrorists were primarily representatives of left‑wing forces, the Jewish community, and American military personnel, from the mid‑1980s – and especially since the early 1990s – the victims of terrorist groups have been foreigners, as well as FRG citizens with migrant backgrounds. It was in this atmosphere that the “National Socialist Underground” organization was founded in 1998, carrying out ten murders, two bombings, and fifteen bank robberies over the course of thirteen years. A new surge of terrorism occurred at the height of the migration crisis of 2015–2016. Although it has now subsided, the threat of new terrorist organizations emerging remains.
Right‑wing terrorism; FRG; Military Sports Group Hoffmann; 1980 Oktoberfest bombing; National Socialist Underground; Neo‑Nazism.