One day after AfD success
District of Sonneberg: Suspected neo-Nazi gives away blue balloons to kindergarten children
The slogan “Wehrmacht – wieder mit” is emblazoned on the man’s back. The video is said to have been recorded one day after the AfD victory in the district election in Sonneberg.
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One day after the success of the AfD in the district elections in Sonneberg, Thuringia, a video caused outrage: The clip shows a suspected neo-Nazi giving away balloons in party colors to children in a kindergarten.
A video from the district of Sonneberg provides one day after the success of the AfD in the district election for indignation. The clip shows a man with clear characteristics of the right-wing extremist scene giving away balloons in the colors of the AfD to children in a kindergarten. The video was shared by the Left Party, Katharina König-Preuss, member of the Thuringian state parliament.
District of Sonneberg: Suspected neo-Nazi gives away blue balloons to kindergarten children
The video is said to have been recorded on Monday in the Föritztal in the district of Sonneberg. The man who can be seen in it wears a black T-shirt with the inscription “Wehrmacht – wieder mit” together with red and white trousers. The color combination of black, white and red is also that of the German Reich flag – a sign of recognition for the right-wing scene. In addition, the car seen in the video, from which the man takes the balloons, bears the inscription “voluntary deportation helper”.
The Thuringia police thanked Twitter for the information and stated that they wanted to initiate proceedings against the Administrative Offenses Act. As “Bild” reports, the man in the video could have violated paragraph 118 (nuisance to the public) with the prints on his T-shirt and on the car window.
According to the German Press Agency, the kindergarten did not want to comment on the incident. The man who gave away the balloons later explained in a Facebook post that “it’s not funny anymore what’s going on everywhere.” He was wearing the wrong clothes, but only meant well with the children. He wanted to apologize for the clothes.
Right scene in Sonneberg apparently deeply rooted
In the past few weeks, Sonneberg has become known beyond the borders of Thuringia through the election of candidate Robert Stuhlmann as the first AfD district administrator in Germany. As the anti-fascist “Rechercheportal Jena-SHK” reports, the right-wing extremist scene has been rooted in the city for a long time. For example, the local football club “SC Oberlind 06” was sponsored in 2021 by a local tattoo studio from Sonneberg, which is run by a former “Blood and Honour” squad.
Sources: Picture, Research portal Jena-SHKwith material from DPA