No provocation! It is not a new patriotic youth that is to blame for the AfD’s success, but politics. What is needed again are visions. And naive confidence.
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A journalist reflects on the proximity of his high school to a former concentration camp subcamp and the fear of the rise of right-wing extremism in Germany. He criticizes the undifferentiated portrayal of right-wing voting youth and emphasizes the diversity and openness of his Generation Z. The increasing number of right-wing extremist crimes and the threat to young people from right-wing groups are discussed. The political response to the needs of young people, particularly with regard to precarious living situations and mental health, is criticized as insufficient. Nevertheless, there is a lack of political vision and hope for the future.
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There are only about four kilometers as the crow flies between the high school where I graduated from high school and a former subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp. These days I think about the time I was there with a senior seminar. It was autumn, we stood between coniferous trees and bunker ruins, the hill behind us was the remains of a mass grave. We read aloud the names of young Nazi victims, especially Jews, but also queer young people and political prisoners.
I’m afraid of the rise of right-wing extremism and… AfD in Germany. I’m not alone: According to the Youth vote study According to the Institute for Generational Research, 74 percent of first-time voters in the West and 65 percent of first-time voters in the East are afraid of the AfD. But a different image of young people dominates the headlines after the elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg: “Youth are voting for the right,” it says, also on ZEIT ONLINE. There is a lack of understanding among politicians and activists from the center left; the AfD celebrates itself as the “party of the future.”
