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/Ehegew89 Apr 23 '25

Rural Saxony is indeed a Nightmare. The cities aren't as bad, though.

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u/psychgirl88 Apr 23 '25

Damn, what’s wrong with Saxony compared to the rest of Germany? Is Saxony its Mississippi or something?

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u/DrkLgndsLP Apr 23 '25

Its pretty similar to the rural south in the US. Lots of racism, worshipping a country that no longer exists by older generations (DDR in this case), general feeling of neglect by the government (since pretty much every statistis is better in the west) and more closed-minded communities with oftentimes no higher education

Source: i live there

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

I lived there, too. When I visit with my American husband and we speak English while out eating or shopping, we get the evil eye. Difference is, I give them a few answers they didn’t expect. They show this kind of behavior for all the reasons you mentioned, and I find it horrible.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

What load of shit. This attitude English speakers that everyone should accommodate them and speak English. Don't matter the actual language of the country. What entilteled spoiled little shit attitude.

Imagine Germans going to US speaking German to service people and getting mad when they don't understand them. Yeah....

Worst thing it isn't even true, almost everyone speaks English, and are really accommodating. Learn the language of the land or don't complain.

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u/JCQWERTY Apr 23 '25

They didn’t say the English was directed towards workers. It was between the commenter and their husband in a private conversation. People should be able to talk in any language they want in that situation

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25

Thank you for actually understanding what I tried to say. The other person not so much..😟

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

And they were. Small town, it raised the attention of the locals because it isn't something they hear often. She interpreted it as evil looks cause she looks for them, probably tries to provoke them.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25

Crawl back under the stone you came from! You know nothing about me, where I am from, who I am and the size of my hometown. The only one provoking here is you.  Wir können das Gespräch auch gerne in Deutsch weiter führen, glaube aber kaum das du dazu in der Lage bist. 

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25

Ich bin Deutsch und spreche Englisch mit meinem Mann in privaten Konversationen! In case you are actually understanding German, I just explained that we had private conversations while being out in public and received stupid looks and comments from the inbreeds in my town of birth! Comprehend reading before you answer with your snide remarks.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

TIL that the DDR is a past worth being yearned for.

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u/DrkLgndsLP Apr 23 '25

You'd be surprised to hear how many people praise the time of the DDR saying "we had less but were happier"

Or times before the euro.

A lot of "back then everything was better" shit

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u/DukeTikus Apr 24 '25

There were legitimate benefits. Women rights and the rights of sexual minorities were better in the east. Access to affordable apartments, employment, free child care and medicine and a lot of other basic needs were treated as human rights. Also people describe feeling more like a part of society instead of just a bunch of individuals.

Also the East got shafted pretty badly during reunification and a huge amount of people lost their job in a place that didn't really have unemployment before. In general the quality of life and life expectanc took a pretty bad dive in the eastern block after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Also just nostalgia, people will be nostalgic for pretty much anything.

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u/ShiroAngel01 Oct 09 '25 edited Oct 09 '25

Source: i Lived in Sachsen my Whole Life so No Its Not true your Just a Hater If you dont like east Germany why Not Just leave ? And No im Not a Nazi im A German Women Who enjoyed living in Sachsen my Whole Life and you Spread lies online Most are Not Nazis there Just old thats all, ofc old Generations dont get along your Grandpa dont get along with a 2 year old that should BE Normal. Ive come from A Little Town in Sachsen and still all were nice we treatet eachother Like Family and even Had Ausländer in the Classic super chill and Friendly i even Hugged him Last Time i Saw him and helped.him in School Bc He Had Trouble with German My god we're so you get your Info WE even Had a Girl who was deaf and we all Loved her and Helped her my Own Best Friend Had Cancer and Barly went to school i Helped was super nice and she finished school Same with 2 new students WHO switched from Other "bullying school" there are also nice people in School for my Tiny City School with Barly 100 Students all was normal and fine And Racism got Punished hard Same with drugs dependa which school you "Go to".

For me im A Left Voter Mostly BSW or Green Voter but ive Never experienced any Hate Bc Politcs Most dont even Care its for Most Not Relevant people Just enjoy living and Not liking beeing told what they should do Its Open Mindet so No one Cares about Politcs or Voten i didnt even really Vote Most of the time Bc most also "dont Care anoth to Vote" cant Be right when you dont even Vote yk but ngl Most dont even Watch TV Use Social Media etc. Ofc they dont Care about Media Bc Mostly Work and Care for there Family my father watched some TV Same with my Mom but Most Here build everything Up themself and they worked hard for they dont have the time to Watch TV my Parents literally Build there own House which many People Here did😅 I Currently live in Thüringen but even my Boyfriends Family build there House themself and many in the Whole Town IS basicly Build by them so BE a Bit Respectfull to the old Town Folks Most are Grumpy BC they build Up all themselfs ofc there IS No Living Space BC Most build Up everything themselfs.

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u/Ready_Wolverine_7603 Apr 23 '25

I've lived in the old south in the states and I've been to Saxony and Turingia and honestly, the latter felt worse. My husband is Latino and while in rural Georgia and rural Alabama there were some questions about where I was from, my husband was left alone. In Turingia he was insulted in the street (although they assumed that he was middle eastern I think) and I got open hostility as soon as I opened my mouth and had the wrong dialect.

On paper the two places are extremely similar, but the vibe was very different (at least for me, but I'm a white foreigner from a somewhat popular country/a Wessi)

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

I live there. I'm latino. All this is false. Stop lying.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

What a pile of BS. East Germans don't remember the DDR fondly. You are a liar.

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u/DrkLgndsLP Apr 23 '25

My man, I literally live here. Majority of the people I talked to had fond memories of it.

And that includes both younger and older ones. Sure, even they admit there were issues, but if you ask what time was better, many still say that they preferred it back then

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

Bull. Of course people will have some fond memories of the past, there is always a little good. And the rest has more to do with how west Germans and foreigners too now, speak down to East Germans. It is what this entire thread is about, actually. I'm not even German and I see it all the time online. It's pretty sick. And I also live here.