Film & Gespräch: DER ZWEITE ANSCHLAG. Rassistische Gewalt in Deutschland. Eine Anklage der Betroffenen.

In the organizer's words:

At a time when the global political situation is characterized by racism and discrimination, it is essential to hear the voices of those affected. The film sheds light on racist violence in Germany from the perspective of those who have experienced it. We experience moving interviews with Osman Taşköprü, İbrahim Arslan and Mai Phương Kollath, who talk about their traumatic experiences and address the continuity of racist attacks since the 1980s.

The documentary will be shown in the presence of Mala Reinhardt and İbrahim Arslan. The anti-discrimination officer of the KHMPamela Aryeh will moderate the evening.

"The Second Attack" by Mala Reinhardt
D, 2018, 62 min.
German and Turkish with English subtitles.
"The boat is full!", "Foreigners out!", "Germany to the Germans".
The right-wing slogans have become unmistakable. As has the violence directed against people who are perceived as "foreign". Racially motivated riots, attacks and murders have been recurring with frightening continuity in the Federal Republic of Germany for decades.
"The Second Attack" documents the hitherto little-noticed perspective of those affected by this violence and focuses on them. In in-depth interviews, the film develops a precise picture of the sometimes traumatic experiences that the film's protagonists went through. Osman Taşköprü talks about the murder of his brother Süleyman, which was committed by the National Socialist Underground (NSU) in Hamburg in 2001. Ibrahim Arslan describes his memories of the racist arson attack in Mölln in 1992, which he himself only just survived, and Mai Phương Kollath was living in Rostock-Lichtenhagen when the Sonnenblumenhaus was set on fire by neo-Nazis to the applause of hundreds of onlookers.

But it doesn't stop there. In the face of ongoing racist riots, the inadequate investigation into the NSU complex and the AfD's entry into the political landscape in Germany, Mai Phương, Ibrahim and Osman have made a decision: they will no longer remain silent. Their stories interweave. And while they campaign for a complete investigation and an end to the violence, a network of people who have experienced similar things emerges. Gülüstan Ayaz-Avcı, whose partner Ramazan was murdered by Nazis back in the 1980s, also raises her voice. Her case shows that racially motivated violence in Germany did not just begin with reunification. Özge Pınar Sarp also reports on current developments and opens up a migrant perspective on anti-fascist engagement in Germany in the film. When she came to Germany a few years ago and became politically active herself, she also experienced deeply rooted everyday racism.

"The Second Attack" brings these stories together in a multi-layered narrative style and provides a detailed insight into the struggle of migrant communities against racism in Germany.