A locked wooden door prevented a massacre. On 9th October 2019, a right-wing extremist planned to murder Jews that had gathered in a synagogue. He shot at the door with self-made weapons and threw improvised explosive devices. He had obtained the instructions for these weapons online. Like-minded people could watch online how he executed two people nearby. Using a helmet camera, he broadcasted the murders to an online platform for videos of computer games. With his action he imitated a right-wing ego-shooter from Christchurch, New Zealand, who had broadcasted himself killing 51 people live on Facebook. What drives those men to bring the violence from their computer screens into reality?
The authors follow the traces of the assassins and describe the special ways of online radicalisation. They explain the backgrounds and motives of these “lone wolfs”, who foster their toxic masculinity, misogyny and antisemitism in right-wing online communities. The book reveals insights to a disturbing world that is unknown to many people.