if you thought neo-nazis were men, women are increasingly involved, even in the violence. hello, and welcome to the brussels studios of dw-tv." also on "european journal," poachers kill birds. with homes and it short supply, sweden finds a way to keep homeowners' afloat. and we visit a high-school for roma youngsters. for many years, a gang of the neo-nazis reign of terror ended

when two of them committed suicide. germany now knows what the norwegians have painfully learned that this summer, the far right is very dangerous. the gang taught us something else, too -- increasingly, even the worst violence involves women. >> we meet with her in stockholm. she does not want her face to be seen. until a few years ago, she was the member of a right-wing extremist group. what attracted her was the feeling of belonging, but before long she had developed a hatred of foreigners. the police arrested her on suspicion of terrorism. she is convinced the most radical right-wing extremists are women. >> you get tired of always being viewed as the lesser one, the ones who cannot do it because

they are not smart enough born not strong enough, mentally or physically. this is the way that we can get strong. we always have to prove ourselves 10 times more than the guys do. >> wuerl is still not clear. she is not talking. bridget wuerl is still not clear. she is not talking. one thing is clear, she blew up the apartment that the three lived in to get rid of evidence. the german tabloid see her primarily as a nazi. this woman has been researching women involved in right-wing extremism for years. >> even today, when women are characterized, it is often in terms of their sexuality or

more, interestingly, who then went to bed with. more so than with men, media interest in men focuses more on content. which is dangerous about that it is it pushes the ideology completely into the background. >> women are part of the right team rigid right-wing extremists on all level, but many consider them more background figures than front line figures. >> nevertheless, in germany of all places, we have observed that right-wing extremist women have been increasingly organizing themselves in the last decade. this means there has been a modernization and that women are saying, if we want to prevail against barman even within the scene, we need women's networks. >> but the women also have a strategic function, provide only -- providing a friendly

face. for example, at election campaign stands. very few of them turned to organizations that help people escape the scene like eileen did. >> we proved it is better to have a lot of female standing on the front line. a bunch of tattooed, steroid nazis. you have another image of the movement. >> i leno's this is not as about the match. -- i lane knows this is not just about the image. >> it was not acceptable anymore to live this kind of lifestyle, and now the families are in it. that is also part of why it is a trap. >> she is surprised to if they

could commit murder again and again for 13 years without being caught. but she says it could happen anywhere because the right weening beewing extremist scene. babette's cares me the most because they are not taken seriously. if something happens, which it will if they are not taken seriously soon, we are caught off-guard. that could blow up a bomb somewhere and nobody would ever suspect it. >> she has turned her back on militancy and right-wing extremism. she wants nothing more than a column, normal life with a job, husband, and children, not to be caught in the shadow of her past. every year in in bosnia-

herzegovina's hutovo blato park, birds are killed by hunters. the bird is a nesting and resting site -- the park is a nesting and resting site. the people of with automatic weapons ignore the rules of sportsmanship and the rights of endangered species. >> hutovo blato lies near the croatian border. the bird's breast care as they head south along the adriatic coast. many belong to protected species. it is early sunday morning, and this german conservationist knows what is about to happen as the fog lifts. just like every weekend, many of the birds will be shot by poachers who take aim at anything that flies by, endangered or not. >> just about all the birds that breed in central europe come through here. this is a water bird

conservation area. there are up to 50,000 birds here at any one time. a hunting ban is in effect. this is a protected nature park, on the list of the world's important bird areas, and is the main bridge stop for birds along the adriatic. -- the main resting stop for birds along the adriatic. >> svitava lake is the largest lake along hutovo blato. poachers park their cars along the lakeshore. many come from croatia. it is 8:00 in the morning. these four are running late. the hunters did not seem to realize that what they're doing is wrong. after all, it is hunting season and adjust to get a few bucks or waterfowl. this man recommends his russian gun. he has a gun license and is a member of the sea gull hunting

club in a bosnian town. they even let us accompany them on their shooting spree. they see no reason to feel ashamed. the result is slaughter. each year, tens of thousands of birds are killed here. others are injured seriously enough that they did we can die. the hunters often use motorboats and automatic rifles,

in contravention of hunting law, international agreements, and a ban on hunting in a conservation area, yet the police are nowhere to be seen and the bird killers go unpunished. the director of the nature park is powerless. recently, a large area of reeds was berkshire. some say hunter said the fire so that they see their targets more easily. other say it will is people growing marijuana is wanted to destroy the evidence. the directive says -- the director says anything is possible. >> you hear that? another shot. it is anarchy here, revolution. we cannot do anything against poachers because my game keepers have been on unpaid leave for months. the police only get involved in the ranger official requests assistance. the parties have been at loggerheads for months. everything is blocked.

they have not even approved funding for the national park. >> svitava lake was once a paradise for water birds. now it is a paradise for those who butchered them. these men say they come here every weekend from september 1 until february 1. european bird conservation groups have appealed to the bosnian authorities, to no avail. >> these birds are not really dead. that is the problem. they just vegetate somewhere, dying slowly of lead poisoning, or are stacked up by birds of prey. then the lead to poisons them, too. >> many hunters insist this area is not a national park and say that hunting is not forbidden

here. but that is not true. and they are probably lying when they say the bird is solely for their own consumption. each bird can be sold. in our big cities, finding an affordable apartment is often a challenge. in stockholm, a houseboat could be an alternative, but long-term residence was not allowed until now. the swedes have decided to legalize the practice, even connecting boats to the source system. nobody knows if this will cool the overheated housing market, but some people seem happy afloat. >> waterfront sites in stockholm are much in demand. but this family did not have to line up with the countless other

apartment-seekers and the swedish capital. they found an unusual housing solution right on the water. recently, the harbour authority has begun supporting it. boat owners can get an official rental contract for a space at a dock. they also receive a water and sewage hookup and can live here year round. this family fought 10 years to be of the two lived legally on their house boat. >> the view is fantastic and there is freedom. we have our own home, although we live in the middle of the city. >> but before they could enjoy the view, the first had to transform a former army lines -- minelayer. his wife helped him realize an old dream. >> he had already done a lot before we knew each other, but afterwards things went directly. they had more structure. i was in charge of the project and he was the foreman.

>> a panel conceals equipment needed to sail the boat. the authorities insist it remain fully functional. and it is, but for now, the bridge is the domain of their daughter. they have a lovely home with almost 200 square meters of floor space. they would never trade their boat for a conventional apartment. houseboats have become part of the cityscape for the harbor master. each boat is hooked up to the water, sewage, and heating systems, and their owners pay about 300 euros per month in rent. >> we do not take right at the market rate because the harbor authorities make demands on the tenants. the have to maintain their boats and bring them to the shipyard.

it is expensive to own a boat. >> he gives his all for his floating home, and so does his neighbor. his boat, another for filled childhood dream, is a little smaller. their daughter is a toddler. she has just learned to walk. their home is a commission to munitions boat. the couple bought it for years ago. the housing market in stockholm is hard. purchase prices are astronomical. you could wait years or decades for an apartment to rent. but they have left that. race behind. britain but have left that rat race behind. >> when we have a party, which can turn up the music as loud as we want. >> this is our boat.

we are part of an owners' association, where 35 people have -- we are not part of an owners' association where 35 people have to agree the elevator has to be painted white. this boat belongs to us. we determine what happens here and i like that. that he said it would be too small that they had another child. then it would have to look for a but it would never give up life on the water in the heart of stockholm. some madrid residents are uneasy about the return to power of the center-right party. those running the city still claim that the 2004 terrorist attacks were the work of a terrorist group eta, despite the fact that jihadist were to blame. victims and their families did not share the erroneous view cannot get help and some need protection from the party

fanatics. >> on march 11, 2004, just after 7:30 in the morning, a series of terrorist bombs rocked madrid. among those killed was this man. his mother has never gotten past his death. >> what it comes down to issue no longer have a son. -- what it comes down to is that you no longer have a son. >> she has been a target of abuse for seven years. some in spain care less about people's pain been using the attacks to reach their own political ends. it began less than 24 hours after they occurred. while madrid was in chaos, the government announced that eta was behind the attacks. although it had ever staged an attack on this scale before. many journalists were skeptical and speculated that al qaeda may have been the perpetrator.

>> right now, we have no doubt that eta is responsible for these attacks. >> if eta was to blame, that would have benefited the prime minister, jose maria asner. of the elections for just a few days away and the conservatives were presented themselves as the only bloc against the terrorist groups. if eta blew up the trains, which they hope that spain would elect the conservatives and not the socialists that they painted as lackadaisical and uninspired. but then the police arrested several moroccans and a video appeared in which islamists claim responsibility for the attacks. it was clear that the murders were not members of the eta. asner and the conservatives played -- paid a political price. he lost the elections. long after his defeat, he insisted eta was behind the attacks.

>> i cannot seriously believe that the masterminds behind these attacks lived in for a way deserts'. >> pilar thought it was cynical to try to score political points by blaming the attacks on eta while they were morning. >> ladies and gentlemen, we ask of you, don't use the pain of the victims for your partisan purposes, not in the case -- not in this case nor ever again. give us instead a signal of unity. >> but her appeal fell on deaf ears. the people's party staged angry demonstrations and held to their eta theory, even sang there was a conspiracy. it sounds absurd, but ever since the spanish civil war, politics here have been seen and black and white terms.

if you are not for a party, say their members, you are against it. this person has felt the effects. she has to be accompanied by bodyguards when she leaves homes because of her criticism of asner has made her a target of hate for the people's party. if she has been labeled an eta sympathizer, followed, and attacked. people close to her party have route against her, including the catholic radio station. >> who is this woman? she has put on a big sentimental show. she is not right in the head. >> pilar heads an organization that helps the tens of the march 11 attacks. that represents most of the victims but receives no public funding because the people's party governs the province of madrid. this also affects this woman. she is pregnant and lost her baby in the attack.

she needs therapy, but there is no money for it. >> the state has a duty to help us find a way back into a normal life. where are our rights? why must i fight for this? why do i have to beg, as if i am asking for a special favor? >> the provincial government does subsidize a much smaller victims' organization, to the tune of almost six under 50,000 euros over the past five years. this organization doubts that the work was. the attacks were the work of the islamists and the keys is this justice system of the cooling of the real perpetrators. >> we have been told an official version of the offense, but it contradicts itself. we do not believe is the truth. >> it has been four years since

the islamists were tried and found guilty of the attacks. they're angry at the provincial government. >> i have reached the point where i say if only it had been eta. then it would have treated me and our organization better. and the result is the same either way. by no longer have a son. -- i no longer have a son. > under repass record of integrating its largest minority is poured despite the eu policy initiative. however, europe's only school run by and for the roma has won the government praise. the gandhi high school is a boarding school aimed at giving students a good education without forgetting their roots. it is also open to non-roma

children, but very few enrolled. >> fewer than 1% of the roma and hungary finish high school. most of those who do have attended the gotti school in pecs. they come from all over. >> it was hard to come back year after the holidays. my friends in the village did not want me to go. >> often, students did not return after going home for the holidays or a weekend. the teachers here know the problems. most of themselves roma and graduates of the school. >> i received my high-school diploma here in 2002. i started in 1996. >> where did you learn to speak german so well? >> here at the dawn the school. -- here at dawn the school. >> founded in 1992, the school

does everything possible to make its students feel at home. they learned about rahm music, traditions, history, and culture. this person is 17 years old. he and his siblings grew up in a children's home. >> first, a plan to finish high school. then i want to attend the police academy. i know that my family background is poor. i want to prove that roma can achieve things, too. you just have to want it. >> those accepted here seem to have it made. the school is funded by the state and a few sponsors. there are no fees, accommodations and bus rides are free. yet they cannot fill the school. many applicants failed the entrance exam. primary education in the room the towns are not good enough. many parents feel they would be

given the children away of the sent them off to school. and some young people do not wish to go. helena used to attend the sunday school, but she quit. >> i was home sick. i missed my village and my family so much. >> who wanted her to attend high school? >> her father says it was her mother. >> my parents had no money. after eighth grade, i had to go out and work. my children should have a profession. not just that, they should go to university. >> the school principal comes from northern hungary. she says getting a good education and having a career means moving away from traditional village life, even though family is very important to the roma. >> if we want to create an

intelligentsia, we have to leave the villages and go to the city to work. >> the students seem to share her vision. >> i came here because i did not want to live like my parents. they struggled to help me become what i am today. i hope to have it easier and pass this on to my kids. >> some children here have big plans. >> i want to be a lawyer or an interpreter. >> the youth who make it this far are still in the minority. but they are set to become the roma leaders of tomorrow. it is a strange thing, children's stories often portrayed the role not as dramatic, bridget portrayed the role model as romantic, but there is nothing romantic about the conditions most of them are

forced to live. thank you for joining us. for now, goodbye. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--