 "Supporters hold balloons, flags and a placard during a campaign of right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidates for the upcoming general election, Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021. (Photo: Reuters)")
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has sparked outrage in Germany with the distribution of fake flight tickets to migrants in a city.
Ahead of federal elections in Germany next month, the anti-migrant party AfD has distributed fliers closely resembling flight tickets in the southwestern city of Karlsruhe. The fliers read: “In your home country, it’s also nice.”
The AfD’s fliers are a chilling throwback to similar fake tickets that were sent out to Jews ahead of the Holocaust during the Nazi era (1933-45) in Germany. Nazis similarly sent out fake tickets to Jews living in Germany offering “free tickets to Jerusalem … never to return”. Eventually, the Nazis killed nearly 6 million Jews in Germany and other regions of Europe that they occupied. The AfD has frequently been dubbed as a new-Nazi party over the association of several of its leaders with neo-Nazi groups, movements, and events.
Germany is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on February 23. As per the latest opinion polls, the AfD is polling second ahead of the ruling of SPD of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The SPD is headed to a landslide victory.
Ahead of the elections, the AfD has promised “large-scale repatriations” of migrants if it comes to power.
The AfD has been backed by Elon Musk, the richest person in the world. Musk’s support to AfD is part of his regime-change operations where he has been supporting right-wing extremists across the West to overthrow moderate governments. Starting from the United States where he helped Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris, Musk vowed to overthrow Canada’s Justin Trudeau, UK’s Sir Keir Starmer, and Germany’s Olaf Scholz. In Germany, Musk has openly backed AfD.
The police have opened an investigation into the matter as a case of possible incitement of hatred, according to broadcaster SWR.
The outlet further reported that fliers were distributed in neighbourhoods with a high number of migrants.
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More ShortsThe AfD, however, denied the selective targeting of migrants and said the fliers were distributed throughout the city.
“The election flyer is currently being distributed in Karlsruhe in as large a number as possible and without any particular specifications or restrictions. It is intended to make voters aware of our proposals in this area, which are fully in line with the legal situation,” said AfD in a statement carried by Politico.
The AfD further said that the message was targeted at non-citizens staying in Germany illegally.