The German government is responding forcefully. The money, with matching funds from the European Union, will be used to promote anti-racism programs in schools and factories. A week earlier, lawmakers took the unusual step of pleading publicly with the 85,000 Jews who live in Germany not to leave the country. They condemned recent vandalism against synagogues and urged all Germans to confront hate-mongers. The government has also been less constrained by free speech requirements than governments in the United States would be.
German law allows the prohibition of groups that seek to disrupt the constitutional order.
A proposed ban on the extreme-right National Democratic Party, which is accused of fueling hatred, is under consideration. There are some things you just can't say, and don't tell me about your free speech rights. But you can penalize it as much as you like. You've got to change minds. And German citizens seem to be searching for ways to do that.