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A group of eight Holocaust survivors drew parallels between the current political climate and that of Germany in the 1930s. Some of them condemned the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD).

Eight Holocaust survivors have urged young people to shun far-right parties and vote to protect democracy at the upcoming European Union elections.

"For millions of you, the European elections are the first election in your lives. For many of us, it could be the last," read the open letter, unveiled in Berlin on Tuesday.

"We couldn't stop it back then. But you can today," the eight authors wrote.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The "left" German party banned free speech and smacked down people protesting against Genocide. Even banned people that came to speak up for Palestinian rights from all of Europe illegally (got overturned by judge) to prevent people from speaking up against israel. And the Germans proceed to equate Zionism to Judaism as much as possible to use the Jews as an excuse for their war crimes once again.

We're doing the Genocide thing already. Nazi Germany is in full force this very day providing 30% of the weapons for it.

You can't say "never again" while it's happening in front of your eyes.

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

By <the "left" German party> do you mean the SPD or Die Linke? Die Linke literally means "The Left".

[-] mal3oon@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

At this point, left or right lost any meaning. Everyone has their dimension/criteria/issue for what's considered left and right. It's just meaningless.

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