In the east Berlin district of Hohenschönhausen, right-wing extremists are staging a demonstration. Their aim: the right to open a neo-Nazi youth centre. A building in the nearby district of Köpenick may look innocuous. But it is actually from here, the German headquarters of the right-wing extremist NPD party, that such demonstrations are organised. But local residents are refusing to give in.

Every small step counts: from removing xenophobic stickers from lampposts to recording racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic offences committed by neo-Nazis. Kati Becker has registered 80 such incidents in the last six months.Becker, Villa Offensiv Advice Centre Köpenick: “If we do nothing against these offences, by saying they are wrong and that they hurt other people, then we are endangering society. By excluding others, we are simply damaging ourselves. There are regions in Germany where people don't speak out.”

The four Berlin districts particularly affected by right-wing extremism have been taking part in the project. The aim - to increase public awareness - is by no means an easy task, and has to start young. After all, it's often impressionable adolescents who are the focus of neo-Nazi propaganda.