- If anything, says Dan Thy Nguyen, he feels more bitter than he did five years ago, or even ten years ago, about the Lichtenhagen pogrom of 1992.
- The events of Lichtenhagen are recounted every few years: From August 22 to 26, 1992, several hundred neo-Nazis besieged a tower block that had been turned into a residence for former foreign contract workers in East Germany, and an asylum seeker reception center.
- On the third day, August 24, the building was set on fire, and though it had been largely evacuated by then, some 100 former East German contract workers from Vietnam and TV crew were still inside.
Germany remembers the Rostock anti-immigrant riot of 1992 22.08.2022
