Photo Gallery A Look Inside the Right Wing
Manuel Bauer used to be a right-wing thug. Now, however, he has turned his back on the neo-Nazis and is trying to help others do the same. He says the right wing is much more organized than authorities might suspect.
Bauer became involved with the far-right scene soon after the Berlin Wall fell. Like these right-wing extremists pictured in Bavaria in 2001, Bauer too had a fondness for wine-red combat boots and bomber jackets.
Bauer was heavily involved in right-wing paramilitary organizations, which he says are much better organized than the authorities have suspected. Here, a rally organized by the right-wing NPD political party in Nuremberg in 2007.
German authorities have banned several neo-Nazi groups in recent years, but many of them simply reorganize under new names. Here, a room found in Bavaria during a 2006 police raid.
There are several programs in Germany aimed at helping people turn their backs on the far-right scene. But as Bauer explains, it is not easy to do.
