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| 1992, April |
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| Major setbacks for Kohl government: Kohl's party lost in two Länder elections, there were public-sector strikes, and Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) resigned after 23 years in the cabinet. | 1 |
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| June 26–July 10 |
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| Parliament approved abortion legislation applicable to the whole country, by which women had the right to an abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. | 2 |
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| Aug. 22–26 |
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| Five nights of rioting at a reception center for asylum seekers near Rostock marked a resurgence of antiforeigner violence in eastern Germany. On each of these nights, several hundred neo-Nazis and skinheads attacked the reception center. Antiracism marches followed in Berlin, Frankfurt, Rostock, and other German cities. | 3 |
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| Nov. 22–23 |
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| A racist arson attack was carried out on two houses occupied by Turkish families. Two young girls and their grandmother were killed as a result of the fire. The violence led to the government's banning (Nov. 27) of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Front. During the course of 1992, 2,285 extremist right-wing attacks were recorded, including 77 on Jewish cemeteries, memorials, and other buildings. | 4 |
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| Dec |
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| The German government moved to ban three more extremist right-wing organizations and to impose harsher sentences on those attacking foreigners. | 5 |
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