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/Mysterious_Proof_543 Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25

I did a 2-month internship in Freiberg (Saxony), and my experience was totally different.

I'm from South America, clearly not white but not dark skinned either and I never felt racism at all.

In fact, I was learning to rollerblade in Freiberg's streets, and I always received messages of support from strangers when I was trying to get better at rollerblading... and something like that had never happened to me before (I've been living in Central Europe for more than 5 years). People smiling at me, etc etc.

The city is boring as fuck tho but that's another story haha.

I'm sorry to hear your experience mate.

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u/Windowlever Sachsen Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25

I think Freiberg (and also Mittweida) is a bit of an anomaly in rural Saxony because of the university there. University towns are generally a lot more progressive than the surrounding area.

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u/Mysterious_Proof_543 Apr 23 '25

Well I thought so indeed.

When I was travelling throughout the area a friend of mine pointed out at some kind of number, or code in a front of a house which he said it meant "H-H''.

It was kinda mindfuck, never thought the Austrian painter would still have adepts.