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State election: Charlotte Knobloch says AfD victory "frightens me"

From Die Zeit · () German

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

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Charlotte Knobloch, president of Munich's Jewish community and a Holocaust survivor, said the AfD's victory in Saxony-Anhalt left her horrified.
  • She said the result showed that Germany's democratic foundations were no longer functioning properly and openly admitted that it frightened her.
  • Knobloch urged democratic parties and pro-freedom patriots to oppose what she called ethnic-nationalist delusion and defend the rule of law.

Charlotte Knobloch said the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt had left her struggling to recognize her own country. The 93-year-old Holocaust survivor and president of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria described the result as deeply alarming.

On days like this, I find it difficult to recognize my home country anymore.

· Charlotte KnoblochShe reacted to the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt.

"On days like this, I find it difficult to recognize my home country anymore," Knobloch said. She added that she could not have imagined, even in her worst nightmares, that far-right forces would once again win elections in Germany.

The former president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany said the result suggested that the foundations of democracy were no longer working properly. "I will say it openly: This frightens me," she said.

I will say it openly: This frightens me.

· Charlotte KnoblochKnobloch described her reaction to the election result and its implications for German democracy.

Knobloch called on democratic forces to fight for freedom and the rule of law. She said Germany must not be given up and urged people committed to freedom, respect and tolerance to become more active. The democratic center, she argued, must stop watching the country's decline and become a driving force rather than one that is merely driven by events.

We must not give up on this country, and I do not want to.

· Charlotte KnoblochShe urged democratic forces to continue defending freedom and the rule of law.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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