“Silence is no longer enough” is the motto of rallies against right-wing extremism across Bavaria in many places. From Lindau to Hof, from Schweinfurt to Straubing, organizations are calling for protests against the AfD and right-wing extremist forces in the coming days. These are the triggers Corrective-Research according to which AfD representatives met with neo-Nazis at the end of 2023 and discussed deportations of people with a migration background.
Some registered meetings are supported by broad alliances, for example in Passau, where 60 supporting groups have come together – from the Protestant deanery to Pro Familia to the German Transport Club. The rally will take place on Saturday at 2 p.m. Also on Saturday there will be a demonstration “For humanity and against the right” (1:30 p.m.). Dillingen on the Danube instead of. And in Memmingen Dozens of support initiatives are supporting the event “Never again is now” (4 p.m.).
“Lindau is international and colorful and will remain so” is the motto at an event in Lindau on Saturday at 10:45 a.m. on Bismarckplatz. In regensburg Citizens also want to protest at the weekend against a planned demonstration by a right-wing extremist group, which is also scheduled to take place there on Saturday, said the “Initiative against the Right Regensburg”.
There is a major event organized by the Alliance against Right-Wing Extremism Nuremberg postponed by a week to February 3rd due to the rail strike, but many smaller events in the metropolitan region have been announced. In Gräfenberg, where the “Gräfenberg is colorful” initiative has been demonstrating against neo-Nazis for years, there will be a rally on the market square on Friday at 4 p.m. Together, the Junge Union and Jusos call other alliance partners via Instagram Schwabach for the “Never again is now” demonstration at 11 a.m.
“Fürth against the right” will take to the streets on Friday at 5 p.m. The initiatives that are in court are calling for an event at the Kugelbrunnen on Saturday (4 p.m.), remembering that January 27th was also the day of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp 79 years ago and is the day of remembrance for the victims of National Socialism and Fascism. Demonstrations have been announced again on Sunday, for example in Obernburg at 13 o clock, Lindenberg in Allgäu at 2 p.m. and in Ebersberg at 4:30 p.m.
The city Ingolstadt announced that over 50 organizations, clubs and associations had joined the call of “Ingolstadt is colorful” to demonstrate on the parade ground on Saturday at 11 a.m. In Bamberg An “alliance for tolerance” is to be founded this weekend with the participation of actors from politics, culture, business, science, sport, education and religion, the city announced on Friday.
“Together against the right – together for democracy and diversity!” This is the motto of a rally that will be attended by a broad alliance of clubs, parties and committed citizens on the festival site on Saturday Traunstein invites. The event starts at 2 p.m. The organizers say the protest is not only directed against the AfD, but also against the “ingratiation of the democratic parties to the AfD”. Because this shifts the boundaries of what can be said, thought and done in society.
The exact number of participants is difficult to estimate, as district offices, municipalities and organizers emphasized. Based on the experiences from last weekend, the number of registered participants has already been revised upwards significantly in some places.
Demonstrations have already been registered for the following weekend, for example on February 2nd Forchheim and on February 3rd in augsburg.