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Rightist assaults on democracy have a long and malignant tradition in Germany. Recently, with the rise of neo-Nazi groups and the re-emergence of xenophobia leading to attacks on immigrants, the problem once again assumes compelling topicality. Is the new right-wing radicalism the same as the old? This series of essays examines the question. It looks at both the history and the current status of right-wing radicalism in Germany. This book looks at recent events by tracing the threat posed to the second democracy in the 1960s (seen as German susceptibility to antidemocratic and totalitarian ideas) and then by discussing current right-wing radicalism in a unified Germany as a product of post-war modernism. The final essay closes the circle by comparing present-day xenophobia with Germany's historical hostility toward Jews.