Evidence of their changed attitude was clear after the firebomb attack in which three Turkish citizens burned to death.
He was left sixty yard from the shop where a Protestant civilian had died in a firebomb attack earlier that day.
The firebomb attacks followed a weekend of sectarian killings in Northern Ireland.
But the day was marred by a firebomb attack on a synagogue in Dusseldorf.
At the end of last week, 16 Palestinian homes were destroyed or sealed off as reprisal for firebomb attacks.
Outrage over their deaths in a firebomb attack last month created a new sense of urgency in Bonn.
The event is covered up by the government, and released to the papers as a terrorist firebomb attack.
Many Germans have been as shocked as the rest of the world by the beatings and firebomb attacks on refugee centers.
At the weekend there were two firebomb attacks on refugee hostels in different cities.
The nightly news features wounded policemen, including one who was dying of severe burns after a firebomb attack.