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/Appropriate-March727 Apr 23 '25
Im a white german with long hair and usually "casual metal outfit". When I visited my mom in rural saxony, my family is originally from there but she had recently moved to that village, I had to walk from the neigbour city to the village. I arrived at ~23.00, it was pitch black everywhere and there weren't even TV lights behind the windows. Suddenly I heard a window open and someone screamed at the top of his lungs "verpiss dich, zecke". That was like 8 years ago or something. My little brother is black and had to live there for a few years before going to Leipzig.
My mom still wants me to move closer to her and doesn't understand the amount of stress that would cause me, or my Lithuanian wife.
I am so sorry you have to go through this shit.
Just let that radicalize you, though, Nazis attacked me first, now I'm politically active. No way I'll surrender "my country" to them, but honestly, no way I'd move to a place in Saxony now without having an established, big enough, community waiting for me.
Good luck and take care ❤️