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Ahead of State Election, Activists Stage Anti-AfD Protest in Candidate’s Hometown

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Anonymous activists put up about 500 posters, flags, banners and signs opposing the AfD and BSW in Tangermünde, northern Saxony-Anhalt.
  • Some displays referenced Nazi-era flags and the 1933 boycott of Jewish businesses, while residents removed the flags by Friday morning.
  • The group said it wanted to show what Saxony-Anhalt might look like under an AfD-led government before the state election.

Tangermünde, the hometown of AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund, briefly became the setting for an anonymous protest against the AfD and the BSW before Saxony-Anhalt’s state election.

Activists hung flags that recalled those used by the Nazis during World War II. They also placed posters on shops that drew a comparison with signs put on Jewish businesses during the Nazis’ 1933 boycott of Jewish stores.

The flags had already been taken down by Friday morning by people who apparently were not part of the activist group. The organizers said they had planned to install about 500 posters, flags, banners and large signs across the town in Stendal district.

Some of the banners also referred to the BSW and its founder, Sahra Wagenknecht. The group, calling itself the Community Association of Democratic Germans for a Sustainable Saxony-Anhalt, described itself as a coalition of people from different political backgrounds who were concerned about the state’s future. A spokeswoman told dpa that the action was intended to show “what Saxony-Anhalt might look like under an AfD-led government.”

what Saxony-Anhalt might look like under an AfD-led government

· Spokeswoman for the Community Association of Democratic Germans for a Sustainable Saxony-AnhaltShe explained the purpose of the protest action.
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