“Not an inch to the right”
Antonia Köll
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Antonia Köll, 20: “I want to send a strong signal here against the shift to the right in Germany, in order to develop a common feeling with the people. To fight on the streets so that we, the population, can change something. That is very important to me. Not an inch Right, not an inch from the fascists, the AfD. For me it’s not just about the secret intrigues, but about acceptance among the population. You saw that in the election results. And you see it every day in the traffic light politics “I find that frightening. Since when did this shift to the right get so far to the center? Since when has it become so accepted to be openly racist?”
“If not now then when?”
Wolf and Brigitte Dießner
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Wolf and Brigitte Dießner came to Munich from Mühldorf: “This is my first demo in 56 years,” says Dießner. For his wife it is the first ever. “If not now, then when?” asks Brigitte Dießner. She does this for her grandchildren. Wolf Dießner adds that there are many older people here who know the term “deportation” all too well from the past: “My mother said when she was 85 that everyone knew where those who were being taken away were taken.”
“The AfD is definitely the worst alternative”
Jörg Brenner
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Jörg Brenner, 54: “I’m Austrian, but I’ve been living in Munich for 30 years. As a foreigner, I’m also committed to taking to the streets against political developments in Germany and Austria. That people don’t understand who they’re actually voting for. If you go against If you want to vote for the government, the AfD is certainly the worst alternative. The immigration issue triggered this. We definitely have a lot of problems with migration. But we are just as dependent on the migrants as they are on us.”
“It gives me hope to see all these people here”
Lisa Breinlinger with James Graybush.
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Lisa Breinlinger, 43: “It was important to me to come here today for many reasons. I think it’s important for the people who live here who aren’t German. For people with disabilities, against exclusion, for democracy. For our society, quite simply. To help people “To show that they’re welcome. That we’re not Nazis. It gives me hope to see all these people here.”
“We have helped too many refugees to not care”
Dorothea and Peter Diemer
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Dorothea Diemer, 73: “I’m here because of the political circumstances, not just in Germany, but throughout Europe. But Germany is suddenly gaining momentum and that scares us very much. We really hope that Munich is strong today, like Hamburg, for example . And like back in the nineties with the fairy lights.”
Peter Diemer, 78: “I was born two days before the end of the war and I don’t want it to happen again, that Germany starts an irresponsible war. I’m currently observing the general hatred. And the AfD, which is becoming more and more cheeky. And I see that very little has been done about it I don’t know whether it would be wise to ban the AfD. But I find the way it produces itself intolerable. We have helped too many refugees to not care at all.”
“We must not allow ourselves to be oppressed by fascists”
Marc Sachsenhauser
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Marc Sachsenhauser, 29: “I’m here today because the AfD scares me. It’s not okay to say: We want to deport a lot of people. That’s inhumane, these are people who were born here. With a German passport. They’re told: You are “It’s not German enough anymore. I swore to myself in history class that I would be on the right side if something like that happened again. We must not allow ourselves to be oppressed by fascists.”