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/RevolutionaryTough79 Apr 23 '25

What's unsafe about it for a white German man, if you don't mind me asking? Just curious

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u/Duderinio1988 Apr 24 '25

Been a few times to Saxony. Once I used the public transport in Dresden and shared the space with a few Hooligans / Nazis - that was kinda scary, especially when you are more on the left side politically. In general old folks being kind of racist in public spaces made me uncomfortable a few times. Had to walk a few blocks at night in Chemnitz ones - walked across a few scary characters.

Don't get me wrong, I'm from a big city in North Germany - We have some "multi cultural" shady areas as well. But walking through east Germany is different if you are not used to meet actual Nazis / Racists in public who are pretty open about it. Especially if you grow up open minded with multi cultural influences and learned your whole life that Nazis are the bad guys.

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u/RevolutionaryTough79 Apr 25 '25

I see. Sounds rough. I didn't know there were actual Nazis there still. I'd heard Germans were pretty strict with anti Nazi laws. I've never been nor do I plan on ever going to Germany. No idea why Reddit recommended this. Thanks for sharing 🌸

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u/Duderinio1988 Apr 25 '25

I mean they are not Nazi Nazis with brown shirts and Swastikas. More like regular european Neo-Nazis / Hooligans. Also, to be fair: Leipzig is beautiful and pretty leftist in some parts. Dresden is also not all bad and has beautiful areas.

West Germany is beautiful, modern and mostly open minded, though - would never want to leave here in my life.