The Solingen arson attack of 1993 happened on the night of 29 May 1993 when five Turkish people died in Solingen , Germany . The Solingen arson attack of 1993 was one of the most severe instances of anti-foreigner violence in modern Germany . On the night of May 28 to May 29 , 1993 , four young German men belonging to the far right skinhead scene , with neo-Nazi ties , set fire to the house of a large Turkish family in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .