A grandson of the Hitler murderer Claus Schenk, Count of Stauffenberg sharply criticized cabaret artist Uwe Steimle’s point out of his grandfather at an AfD occasion. “I am speechless. That is misrepresentation of historical past par excellence,” mentioned Karl Graf von Stauffenberg to “Bild”. His grandfather tried to “restore regulation, order and freedom” – and now this. “My grandfather is being dragged into the mud – it is completely horrible.”
Steimle mentioned on the occasion in Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt: “If I Friedrich Merz I typically ask myself, the place is Stauffenberg when you actually need him.”
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German Wehrmacht colonel and the central head of the army resistance towards Adolf Hitler. He’s greatest recognized for the failed bomb try on Hitler on July 20, 1944.
The Stauffenberg grandson advised “Bild”: “You may assume no matter you need of Mr. Merz. However to equate him with Adolf Hitler is absolutely unhealthy.” It is a “trivialization of the Third Reich”.
Public prosecutor’s workplace is investigating
Based on Steimle’s statements about Merz and likewise the previous Chancellor Angela Merkel (each CDU), the Dessau-Roßlau public prosecutor’s workplace initiated investigations towards the cabaret artist. A spokeswoman mentioned that proceedings had been initiated underneath Part 126 of the Prison Code. This includes disturbing the general public peace by threatening to commit crimes.
In regards to the new portrait of Merkel for the Chancellor’s Gallery within the authorities headquarters, Steimle mentioned that the Christian Democrat had determined to depict her standing “as a result of she suspects that she’s going to quickly be sitting.” He added: “It’s hanging in the mean time.” And if the nail breaks, “we’ll put it towards the wall. So we’ll provide you with one thing.”
The AfD occasion a couple of weeks earlier than the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt additionally made headlines as a result of, on Steimle’s initiative, the GDR nationwide anthem was sung there earlier than it ended with the nationwide anthem of the Federal Republic.
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