List of anti-refugee attacks in Germany 2014

The list of anti-refugee attacks in Germany 2014 records attacks and attacks on refugees and refugee shelters in Germany in 2014 in which xenophobic and racist motives are proven or likely. The list is not yet complete. Particularly serious attacks with injured, seriously injured or dead people are highlighted in red.

Unless otherwise stated, the information follows the chronicles of courage against right-wing violence , Pro Asyl and Amadeu Antonio Foundation . Historical background, counter-initiatives, literature see under Attacks hostile to refugees in the Federal Republic of Germany ; further annual lists see below.

Attacks on refugees and refugee shelters in 2014 (incomplete)

place	federal country	date	Attack target	Injured	description
Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf	BE	30000100 ♠January	inhabited accommodation		In January there were several damage to property and insults in the vicinity of a shared accommodation facility for refugees and asylum seekers. Right-wing extremists aggressively agitated against the property.
Borna	SN	30000101 ♠0January 1st	inhabited accommodation		On New Year's Eve, about 15 right-wing extremists attack an emergency shelter inhabited by 30 asylum seekers with various fireworks. The police were able to intervene and stayed on site for the night to protect the residents.
Latitude	TH	30000102 ♠0January 2nd	accommodation		Strangers repeatedly threw objects at the local accommodation and verbally abused residents.
Söhre	NI	30000104 ♠0January 4th	family		Eight 25 to 30 year old men attacked a Roma family of seven in their home. Around 1.30 a.m. they knocked hard on the apartment door on the first floor. When the 32-year-old father opened the door, one of the perpetrators hit him in the face with his fist. He was then threatened with a gun. The perpetrators asked for money. The father handed over a total of 1,300 euros. A refugee council said that asylum seekers without a bank account received their regular payments in cash. The family from Serbia was in shock after the attack. According to the father, some of the men who subsequently fled in two cars were bald and wore combat boots. In addition, the men had observed her the day before.
Greiz	TH	30000106 ♠06th January	accommodation		Attack on a refugee shelter with property damage.
Heidenheim an der Brenz	BW	30000107 ♠0January 7th	accommodation		Attack on a refugee shelter with property damage.
Germering	BY	30000108 ♠0January 8th	inhabited accommodation		A stranger set fire to the asylum seekers' home on the morning of January 8th. Ten people were saved by the warning of a resident returning late. The central building of the building complex burned out almost completely.
Wohratal	HE	30000112 ♠January 12th	inhabited accommodation	1 injured	Four young people broke into an asylum center at 4:30 a.m., devastated it, and threatened and insulted the residents. A pregnant woman had to be treated in the hospital after the excitement. The perpetrators could be caught. They claimed not to be far-right.
Torgelow	MV	30000115 ♠15. January	accommodation		Attack on a refugee shelter and violation of the Explosives Act (Germany) .
Friedland (Mecklenburg)	MV	30000116 ♠January 16	accommodation		An egg was thrown at one of the accommodations shortly before the first refugees moved in, and racist stickers were also attached.
Berlin	BE	30000117 ♠January 17th	refugees		Several activists from the protest camp on Oranienplatz said they had been sexist and racist insulted by ticket inspectors and police officers. A Sudanese woman said she had been insulted as a "monkey" by a police officer and that her arm was twisted. According to the police, the refugees resisted and injured police officers, and reports were made.
Versmold	NW	30000119 ♠January 19th	inhabited accommodation		Attack on a refugee shelter with property damage.
Bad Durrheim	BW	30000122 ♠22nd of January	inhabited accommodation		Strangers hung a handwritten banner reading “NO ASYLUM” on a bridge railing. A poster had previously been smeared with this slogan.
Schneeberg (Ore Mountains)	SN	30000125 ♠January 25th	accommodation		After several weeks, the NPD and the Schneeberg citizens' initiative organized a torchlight march with around 250 participants against the local refugee accommodation.
Gundelfingen (Breisgau)	BW	30000126 ♠January 26th	accommodation		Attacking local housing and using marks from unconstitutional organizations.
Duisburg	NW	30000127 ♠January 27th	accommodation		Attack on a refugee shelter and violation of the Explosives Act (Germany) .
Neukirch / Lausitz	SN	30000130 ♠January 30th	Asylum seekers		Racial slurs against asylum seekers after it became known that an accommodation for 120 residents would be built.
Barley	TH	30000201 ♠0February 1st	accommodation		Panes in an accommodation were thrown in by strangers at night. Repeat one night later.
Guards	ST	30000202 ♠0February 2nd	accommodation		In front of a shelter, a group shouted right-wing slogans. The group fled, and the personal details of 10 people were later recorded. The State Security started an investigation against one person.
Hoyerswerda	SN	30000207 ♠0February 7th	Asylum seeker	1 injured person	Two days after the first 36 residents had moved into the first local refugee shelter since the riots in 1991 , a Moroccan asylum seeker was hit on the back of the head by a cyclist and then in the kidney area by a cyclist. The attacked was able to photograph the perpetrator. The state security started investigations.
Garbsen	NI	30000207 ♠0February 7th	information event		Racist and antiziganist slogans were shouted at an information event on the establishment of a refugee shelter with around 150 people , and the mayor also picked them up. Several neo-Nazis were there. Two weeks later, the construction of the accommodation was canceled by the Hanoverian mayor.
Heidenau	SN	30000208 ♠0February 8	accommodation		Attack on a refugee shelter with a public invitation to criminal acts. Main article : Xenophobic riots in Heidenau
Berlin	BE	30000211 ♠February 11th	Accommodations		Right-wing extremists attacked two refugee shelters on February 11 and 12. Property damage occurred.
Anklam	MV	30000212 ♠February 12th	Asylum seekers		A Ghanaian woman was spat at and insulted by a woman in front of her daughter's day care center. Due to communication difficulties, the police initially did not record her complaint, but only when she appeared again when accompanied.
Mechernich	NW	30000213 ♠13th February	accommodation		For the third time in two months, the local accommodation burned down. Arson is likely.
Munich	BY	30000213 ♠13th February	supporter		Eight stickers of the right-wing extremist party Der III. Away from the windows of the Bavarian Refugee Council.
Berlin-Kreuzberg	BE	30000215 ♠February 15th	inhabited camp		The sanitary vehicle of a refugee protest camp on Berlin's Oranienplatz was completely destroyed by an arson attack.
eat	NW	30000320 ♠March, 20th	inhabited accommodation		In the morning, small metal bullets were probably shot at an inhabited accommodation with a Zwille.
Hoyerswerda	SN	30000419 ♠April 19th	inhabited accommodation		On the night of April 19, a man masked with a balaclava broke into the grounds of the new asylum seekers' home and hit a safety glass window several times with a hammer. At the time, six people were sleeping in the living room behind, no one was injured, and the perpetrator fled.
Berlin-Koepenick	BE	30000430 ♠April, 30th	inhabited accommodation		On the night of April 30, two men sprayed an emergency exit door of a refugee accommodation with a flammable liquid and then set it on fire. The fire went out by itself after a few minutes. One of the perpetrators arrested a short time later gave the Hitler salute .
Hanover	NI	30000825 ♠August 25	uninhabited accommodation		A shell of a refugee accommodation in the Bothfeld district was badly damaged by an arson attack. The fire damaged the roof structure and caused an estimated property damage of 10,000 euros.
Sangerhausen	ST	30000901 ♠0September 1	inhabited accommodation		On the night of September 1, strangers tried to set fire to an apartment building in which about 70 refugees also live. In addition, the facade was smeared with right-wing extremist slogans such as “Future for the German children”, “Piss off” (with two SS runes) and “Skin off”. Because of the only slight damage, the residents could continue to live there. Security measures have been announced.
Gross Lüsewitz	MV	30001012 ♠October 12th	inhabited accommodation		On the night of October 12, 2014, strangers threw two beer bottles filled with a flammable liquid against the wall of a refugee shelter in Groß Lüsewitz near Rostock . The fire went out by itself, people were not harmed. The prosecution brought attempted murder charges against two 25 and 26 year old men. The two defendants were each sentenced to five years in prison.
Swords	NW	30001000 ♠October	uninhabited accommodation		In October, strangers smeared racist slogans at a gym that was supposed to be used as refugee accommodation.
Rottenburg	BW	30001220 ♠20th of December	Refugees	1 injured	A man racially insulted two Gambian women refugees aged 27 and 36 and then beat them. The 37-year-old fell as a result and was then kicked several times by the perpetrator. She was admitted to hospital with head and knee injuries. The suspect is a 21-year-old man, known to the police for violent crimes, who is assigned to the right-wing extremist scene.