In the Saxon metropolis of Leipzig, right-wing populist taunts against sympathizers of the Ukraine took place on Monday at a demo. A day later, the mayor of the city and the Prime Minister of the Free State are horrified.
Leipzig's Lord Mayor Burkhard Jung and Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer condemned bullying against Ukrainians during a demonstration on Monday evening in Leipzig. From a "strange mixture of right-wing radicalism, enemies of democracy, a strange friendly impression that Putin understands, and Reich citizens" anger against refugees, which he finds unbearable, is discharged, said the SPD politician Jung in Berlin. You have to resist this with attitude and clarity and stand up for the principle "Human dignity is inviolable".
Kretschmer called the insults "impossible and unacceptable". The vast majority of the Saxon population lives in solidarity. "In so many places we have wonderfully witnessed how charity is practiced here. We therefore condemn it. It disgusts us and we resist it."
Videos on social media show participants in the demonstration insulting people with Ukraine flags on the side of the road and shouting "Nazis out" in their direction. The demonstration had been announced under the motto "For peace, freedom and self-determination". It was directed, among other things, against energy policy and sanctions against Russia. There was also a counter-protest.
According to a spokesman, the police checked the video recordings. A criminal relevance of the statements is not apparent. Even a Wehrmacht flag with an Iron Cross and the slogan "Don't complain, fight", which was waved on , does not constitute a criminal offence. Not all symbols from the Nazi era crossed the threshold of criminal liability.
