Germany is a world champion at confronting its personal historical past. By way of memorial after memorial, the nation has tried to atone for its atrocities throughout the Holocaust and World Warfare II. “By no means once more” has develop into a nationwide slogan.
Within the Opinion Video above, the satirist Jan Böhmermann — suppose Germany’s John Oliver — argues that Germany’s repeated and more and more hole makes an attempt to “bear in mind away” its Nazi previous have truly contributed to the rise of the far-right Various for Germany Get together.
Germany is holding federal elections this month and the specter of a fascist resurgence is knocking on the nation’s door. The AfD is projected to develop into the second-largest celebration within the German parliament.