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A protester with an Iron Cross draped over his back outside the Reichstag at a far-right demonstration against lockdown during the summer.The symbol harks back to imperial Germany and was re-appropriated by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Far-right crime rose by 5.65 per cent in 2020, accounting for more than half of all politically-motivated criminality.<\/p>\n

Seehofer said:\u00a0‘This shows again that right-wing extremism is the biggest threat for our country.’<\/p>\n

It comes as Berlin police arrested a 53-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening neo-Nazi letters to\u00a0politicians, lawyers and journalists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The suspect, whose name wasn’t released for privacy reasons, has previous convictions for ‘numerous crimes, including ones that were motivated by right-wing ideology,’ said prosecutors in Frankfurt, who are handling the case.<\/p>\n

The letters were signed ‘NSU 2.0.’ A German group called the National Socialist Underground was responsible for a string of violent crimes between 1998 and 2011, including the racially motivated killings of nine men with immigrant backgrounds and a police officer.<\/p>\n

The group’s name was derived from the full name of the Nazi, or National Socialist, party.<\/p>\n

Police think the suspect sent almost 100 letters to dozens of people and organizations across Germany and Austria since 2018.<\/p>\n