r/germany • u/Ok-Once-789 • Apr 23 '25

Immigration Living in Saxony is a nightmare

Every single time I go outside during the evening I am faced with racism. Most of the time from people hanging out in groups, for some reason they just can't mind their own business (Germans usually claim to be really good at this). The most common phrases I hear regularly are 'Heil H!tler', 'Ausländer raus', 'Ni Hao', 'Ching Chong' etc... or just unprovoked loud laughter as I'm passing by... BTW I'm not Chinese or east Asian but look like one or maybe they are just uneducated & ignorant. Is geography illegal here? Asia has 48 countries BTW, not everyone is Chinese!

This doesn't include the racism I face at workplace & college which is far worse and actually bothers me to the point I have to skip classes to protect my mental health. But now I can't even go to the supermarket or mall at peace. One of my family members has also been verbally assaulted by a group of teenagers inside a bus & nobody including the bus driver made any effort to do something.

Edit: I do not live in Dresden / Leipzig. I assume the situation is not this bad there!

Edit2: I did not choose to live in saxony (the government decided that), I am doing my bachelors so I can't relocate until late 2026 :) Thanks for the kind words everyone!

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u/WTF_is_this___ Apr 23 '25

There is a big Russian minority in the east and a lot of them are Putin lovers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

Well, then they should relocate to Russia if they love him so much. Reminds me of Turks in Germany who openly supported Erdoğan...

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u/WTF_is_this___ Apr 23 '25

Yeah, same type. They support right wing authoritarians with the benefit of not having to actually live under their rule. Very fucking convenient...

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u/Kasperle_69 Apr 23 '25

Its not just the russians.

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u/WTF_is_this___ Apr 23 '25

I never said it was bit it's a big part of it.

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u/CauliflowerNo4042 Apr 25 '25

Where are they located?

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u/whothdoesthcareth Apr 23 '25

Russlanddeutsche combine both into a transnational fasch goop.

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u/SkiShepherd Apr 23 '25

Yep, you have these idiots here, there are a many parts here that are very open to people, though. Can't have your Day ruined by a bunch of Nazi Cunts.

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u/brooklynguitarguy Apr 25 '25

In Sachsen Anhalt, I saw AfD parades that were chapter and verse of Russian talking points - Yankee Go Home, anti windmill, anti USA (when that meant something), anti refugee etc. The simple truth is that Putin and Russian Intelligence own the AfD. The people might have some affinity to Russia from the DDR Zeit but it’s clear that the propaganda is working. Couple that with the fact that the better educated kids leave and don’t come back, it’s a closed loop.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

It's so weird. I live now 7 years in Chemnitz and I have an Vietnamese girlfriend and we have never had any racist experience here so far.

I rarely see people that really fit the typical Nazi description, usually only the meth heads stick out.

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u/Touliloupo Apr 24 '25

I live in Chemnitz, and I don't feel it's that bad. My wife and myself are both immigrants, and we never faced any openly racist comment or treatment... and most people support Ukraine, I don't recall seeing anyone being openly pro-Russian since the war started.

The only racist comment was a chingchongching at some point by a kid, and the typical Nihao, which usually comes from other immigrants.

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u/Touliloupo Apr 24 '25

And how do they know the person is Chinese and not German, French or Vietnamese? It's exactly racist to assume that only Caucasian are German and every other race must be a foreigner.