In spring 2016 some young men set up a partnership to study the extreme right. They baptize the Erkenbrand. After nearly two years of growth and development, the organization has significantly grown in importance. There is a fairly large and wide following and there are various links to the Forum for Democracy. And it is striking,… Read more
Intelligence experts warn the Dutch government about the growing danger of right-wing extremism. In closed chat groups, young boys share increasingly harsh Nazi propaganda. They glorify terror attacks such as the one on Christchurch mosques that left dozens dead. Extremists are looking for 'school shooters', frustrated teenagers imbued with hatred of jews, Muslims and Sexual Minorities. They share information about weapons and about potential targets. In some countries, such groups are already on terror lists. Not in the Netherlands. Does the government have sufficient insight into this new threat?
Zembla dives into the network of hate, the dark online world where today's Nazis dream of a race war.
A far-right group whose many members are better educated, we have not seen long in Netherlands. Striking, also find the AIVD. What Erkenbrand, what it stands for and who are the people behind it?