An anti-Semitic pamphlet continues to stir up Bavarian state politics. After the confusion surrounding the pamphlet’s actual author, the accused Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger spoke himself.
In a special coalition committee, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder granted his deputy from the Free Voters a kind of grace period on Tuesday. By answering 25 questions, this should provoke accusations from the room.
Murder as a “prize”
What is it about? Aiwanger is said to have distributed an anti-Semitic leaflet when he was at school. The “Federal Competition” described therein speaks of horrific “prizes,” all of which refer to the gruesome murder of the Jews during World War II. The text ends with, “We hope you enjoy it.” Shortly after it became known, Aiwanger’s brother stepped in and claimed to be the author of the lyrics.
But the allegations against the Bavarian deputy are gradually increasing. For example, according to former classmates, he would have given the Hitler salute.
Aiwanger: “Can be interpreted both ways”
The allegations weigh heavily, and now Aiwanger has spoken out publicly – but a real weakening looks different. In an interview with the German “Welt”, he explained that “in youth one or the other could be interpreted one way or another”.
But he was “not an anti-Semite, not an extremist at least since his adulthood, over the past few decades,” but rather a “philanthropist.” He could set all hands on fire in recent decades. He also explained to the “Bild” that he could not remember a Hitler salute from him.
Aiwanger sees ‘dirt bucket campaign’
The man who continues to attack young climate activists and especially green politicians is referring to a kind of youthful sin. He now wants to concentrate on the state election campaign, Aiwanger said in Donauwörth. He mainly gets the feedback from ‘the people’ that it is a ‘slander campaign’ and that he should be ‘destroyed’ politically and personally.
A new state parliament will be elected in Bavaria in a few weeks.
Source: Krone
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