Holocaust survivors urge young EU voters to shun far right – DW – 06/04/2024
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A group of eight Holocaust survivors drew parallels between the current political climate and that of Germany in the 1930s. Some of them condemned the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD).

A group of eight Holocaust survivors drew parallels between the current political climate and that of Germany in the 1930s. Some of them condemned the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD).

Eight Holocaust survivors have urged young people to shun far-right parties and vote to protect democracy at the upcoming European Union elections.

“For millions of you, the European elections are the first election in your lives. For many of us, it could be the last,” read the open letter, unveiled in Berlin on Tuesday.

“We couldn’t stop it back then. But you can today,” the eight authors wrote.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2320·
    5 months ago

    The “left” German party banned free speech and smacked down people protesting against Genocide. Even banned people that came to speak up for Palestinian rights from all of Europe illegally (got overturned by judge) to prevent people from speaking up against israel. And the Germans proceed to equate Zionism to Judaism as much as possible to use the Jews as an excuse for their war crimes once again.

    We’re doing the Genocide thing already. Nazi Germany is in full force this very day providing 30% of the weapons for it.

    You can’t say “never again” while it’s happening in front of your eyes.

      • mal3oon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        5 months ago

        At this point, left or right lost any meaning. Everyone has their dimension/criteria/issue for what’s considered left and right. It’s just meaningless.

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        117·
        5 months ago

        The Social Democratic Party sounds pretty left to me. Scholz was supposed to be a “left wing” move compared to Angela Merkels CDU. We’re not seeing much “Left winging”.

        This in turn will not motivate people to vote left wing. Thus boosting the right wing.

        • Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          131·
          5 months ago

          Maybe dont comment on another countries politics if your analysis doesnt go deeper than “the party is called ‘this’ so I recon they stand for ‘this’”. The spd is a centrist party, everyone in germany knows that

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            39·
            5 months ago

            Well no.

            he SPD is a far right party as they have proven by destroying the German democracy in order to bow down to israel. Everyone with eyes can observe this.

            • Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              71·
              5 months ago

              “Far-right”? yeah im really curious about the scale you are using. What would you call the AfD if they said tomorrow that they will suppport palestine?

              • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
                12·
                5 months ago

                If a party is supporting a country committing genocide along ethnic lines because of the very ethnicity that’s in control in that country and would not do it if a different ethnicity was dominant, then they’re at the very least extremely racist, “racist” because their support is based on ethnicity “extremely” because not even Genocide along ethnic lines makes them waver in their support.

                In the Modern Era (post WWII) extreme racism is a far-right trait.

                It looks at lot like in Germany most of the political landscape has not evolved away from seeing people and nations as etnics first and foremost, which is one of the core foundations of Fascist thinking, including Nazism.

                Outside the Racist, Fascist logic, “never again” is about such things not being done to any people not merely to people of a specific ethnicity.

                Even the non-Fascist Right would only ever rationalise support of a country committing genocide along ethical lines on money terms (just look at most of the US’ support for dictatorships) or security terms (I.e. “they’re valuable allies”) rather than ethnic composition of the government and population of the country.

                It was actually a major disappointment for me to discover that German political thing hasn’t actually moved all that much away from some Nazi principles about the worth of human beings.

              • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
                27·
                5 months ago

                The one with the examples given above about how they arrested and banned people from the country people for supporting Palestine and abolished freedom of speech.

                What would you call the AfD if they said tomorrow that they will suppport palestine?

                I would call a perfect example of whataboutism to not have to engage with the examples I mentioned above.

                  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    15·
                    5 months ago

                    The one using Social and Democrat for the name. Unless Social in Germany always means National Socialist Movement I associate that with a party representing left values.

                    American Democrats were also supposed to be left wing. And the Republicans right wing. Now we have far far right and far right.

        • aaa999@lemmy.worldEnglish
          85·
          5 months ago

          lol imagine spamming “allow trump to win to make a principled stand against genocide joe” articles to every community so much that people see your username and immediately downvote lmao