Germany Erupts Into Chaos As Protesters Declare "Rapefugees Not Welcome"
Anger over a wave of sexual assaults that occurred across the EU on New Year’s Eve reached a boiling point in Germany on Saturday when some 1,700 people attended a rally organized by the anti-Muslim PEGIDA movement.
PEGIDA, which nearly fizzled early last year, gained in popularity as hundreds of thousands of Mid-East asylum seekers responded to Angela Merkel’s open-door refugee policy by flooding across Germany’s borders. Initially, many Germans met the the migrants with hugs and gifts, but as the months wore on, sentiment gradually soured and attendance at PEGIDA rallies once again spiked with as many as 20,000 people showing up for an October demonstration.
Seeking to capitalize off the assaults that were allegedly perpetrated by groups of marauding Arab refugees in Cologne, PEGIDA took to the streets this weekend and predictably, clashes with riot police ensued.
“Demonstrators, some of whom bore tattoos with far-right symbols such as a skull in a German soldier's helmet, had chanted ‘Merkel must go’ and ‘this is the march of the national resistance’”, Reuters writes. Another banner read: "Rapefugees not welcome."
Ultimately, police rolled out the water cannons to disperse the crowd, which authorities say was at least partially comprised of “known hooligans” - whatever that means.
Some protesters hurled firecrackers and bottles at officers and in a testament to just how divided the country has become, dozens of counter demonstrators massed to protest the PEGIDA protest. Here’s a short clip which depicts the chaos:
The rallies came as Merkel signaled the German government may soon move to deport offenders. "The right to asylum can be lost if someone is convicted, on probation or jailed," Merkel said following a meeting of the CDU's top brass. "Merkel's remarks on Saturday were in stark contrast to her earlier optimism about the influx to Germany, which has taken in far more migrants than any other European country," Reuters remarked.
As we wrote on Saturday, "how TIME's person of the year responds may ultimately determine how the world remembers one of the most indelible and revered politicians in European history."
Indeed, some among the crowd openly called for the Iron Chancellor's head (figuratively speaking). "Merkel has become a danger to our country. Merkel must go," a speaker told the crowd which, as Reuters goes on to note, "loudly echoed the call, expressing their anger at Germany's 1.1-million-strong migrant influx last year."
"These women who fell victim will have to live with it for a long time. I feel like my freedom has been robbed," one mother of four said.
The anger was just as palpable on the opposite side as many Germans see PEGIDA's growing support as a dangerous blast from the country's troubled past. Some 1,300 leftist demonstrators from the counter-protest shouted "Nazis raus!" (Nazis out!), while holding signs that read "There is nothing right about Nazi propaganda," and "Fascism is not an opinion, it is a crime".
"We are there to tell them to shut up. It is unacceptable for PEGIDA to exploit this horrible sexual violence perpetrated here on New Year's day and to spread their racist nonsense," one counter-protester said.
Meanwhile, in an eerie twist of fate, the seven decade ban on publication of Mein Kampf expired this month in Germany. Although anyone is now techinically free to publish Hitler's manifesto, the definitive edition will be a 2,000 page annotated volume published by the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich.
Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, says it "'would be best to leave 'Mein Kampf' where it belongs: the poison cabinet of history.'" "'Unlike other works that truly deserve to be republished as annotated editions, 'Mein Kampf' does not,'" he adds. ICH director Andreas Wirsching said the following of the new edition in an interview with Deutsche Welle:
Our edition is particularly aimed at historical researchers. It can't be denied that Hitler's "Mein Kampf" is certainly an important historical document. The book is a source for information on his life, his thinking and most importantly, the history of National Socialism as a whole, and therefore it's meant for research purposes.
But I'm certain that with this edition's styling, we will reach an even wider audience due to the great interest in this topic. The commentaries are in part brief academic annotations, and we have added a detailed index to easily access the content. Public interest in this topic is so vast, and so we hope that maybe a few non-experts will also take a look at our edition.
While we can't say for sure whether the buyers are "non-experts," some people are indeed "taking a look." As The Daily Mail reports, the new edition "was an instant sellout when it hit bookstores in Germany for the first time since the Second World War." Like a unicorn tech IPO, the launch was oversubscribed as there were nearly four times as many orders as available copies. "More than 15,000 advance orders were placed, despite the initial print of 4,000 copies," The Mail continues, adding that "one copy [was] even put up for resale on Amazon.de for €9,999.99.
And so, it would appear that PEGIDA leader Lutz Bachmann was indeed correct last year when he posted the following picture of himself on Facebook with the caption "He's back."
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Meanshile in Kosovo...
Protest in Kosovo Against Deal with Serbia Turns Violenthttp://www.novinite.com/articles/172582/Protest+in+Kosovo+Against+Deal+w...
Demonstrators in Kosovo fought with police and set fire to the government's headquarters in Pristina on Saturday in protest over a deal with Serbia giving greater power to the Serb minority, Reuters reported.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Belgrade has not recognised Kosovo's independence but in August 2015 it signed agreements to normalise ties with Pristina - a key condition for Serbia's EU accession.
The anti-government demonstrators hurled stones and petrol bombs at the government building and briefly set it alight but the flames were soon put down.
Riot police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the demonstrators protesting against a EU-brokered deal to give Kosovo's ethnic Serb minority greater local government powers and the possibility of financing from Belgrade.
REMOVE KEBAB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSDb8pD6sno
I like kebab. It beats more traditional German "cuisine" hands down. Mmmmm... pig knees...
A religion of peace....
Rejected by Germany, here they come (to the U.S.A.)
This should play well:
Obamas invite Syrian refugee to State of the Union Addresshttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/10/syrian-refugee-state-of-th...
Pelosi will wash their feet. Ryan will blow their team.
That didn't take long to release after the expiration of the copyright. And released on the 8th how boringly symbolic. They should have waited until August 8th.
This should help inflame things nicely after the immigrant raping incidents. It is almost like the two events were timed. After all they withheld publicizing the rape incidents occurrences for almost a week.
ZH is shot. Its done guys..........you might as well come out the closet im sure you are all transgender hitler puppets for the nwo.......i wouldnt even let you blow me at this point
" i wouldnt even let you blow me at this point" .... no one eats baby food here 'bro. Now STFU and try to learn.
Your last line reveals you to be a pornographic AshkeNAZI, loving the nihilist Talmud, and hating any honest inquiry or dissent.
Filth.
Of course, I am going to buy "Mein Kampf" as well. I just want to know what this idiot Hitler wrote; I want to know what it is all about. And it is not because I am a Nazi. The real Nazis in Germany probably don't read the book. But it is as always: Forbidden literature makes curious.
So keep calm. The Germans are rather leftish - but definitely not on the far right side! If you are afraid of what is going on in Europe, then rather take a look at France or Poland!
Hitler was rather leftish....you know National Socialist Party/National Socialist German Workers' Party!
A more blatant example of newspeak you'll have trouble to find.
Of course, I am going to buy "Mein Kampf" as well. I just want to know what this idiot Hitler wrote; I want to know what it is all about. And it is not because I am a Nazi. The real Nazis in Germany probably don't read the book. But it is as always: Forbidden literature makes curious.
So keep calm. The Germans are rather leftish - but definitely not on the far right side! If you are afraid of what is going on in Europe, then rather take a look at France or Poland!
Apparently you haven't heard of "The Greatest Story Never Told". It's been rocking the internet man. Apparently Hitler was not "this idiot" as you have labelled him.
I won't express any opinion. I just urge you and any other readers who are interested, to see this documentary and decide for yourselves.
"Apparently you haven't heard of "The Greatest Story Never Told".
That clip came from a 1 hr program on the History channel ~ 3 years ago. Saw it.
What's omitted, but far more interesting, is that Adolf's grandmother worked as a maid in a rich Jewish household in Vienna. When she became pregnant by the old man (some argue that it was his son), she was dismissed. Obviously she had the baby, as abortions did not exist back then.
Which brings us to the more interesting question: WAS HITLER PART JEWISH? And thus a self-hating Jew -- whose rise was backed by Western/Rotschild bankers, as long as he was a rabid anti-communist hater, and someone that they thought they could 'contain'.
Interesting imagination you have. Nothing wrong with imagination for gathering ideas, but don't let the first idea that arrives, and is closest to your preconceived notions allied with your biases become the solution. Test it and test it from many angles.
As for the History channel. It has been totally corrupted, or "dumbed down' -- if you will permit. Many of their "history" programs have been twisted, steered to suit the number one purpose -- entertain the average Joe. One example is their Ancient Aliens series which was very interesting, but has been thorough debunked. You can find it online.
History Channel once showed many episodes about WWII but you'll notice it never showed the complete story of Hitler. They were very careful to edit anything that would be deemed favorable to the German position, nor even get into details of the German ideology in a fully truthful way. Even then History Channel was blasted by the Left. They slandered the History Channel by calling it the "Nazi Channel" simply for even mentioning WWII Germany or the Nazis. Jewish organizations led in the calls, letters, and economic threats. So be careful what you believe while watching any TV show, especially one coming out of Hollywood, which by their own boasting, is "run by Jews". They are very proud of their ability to control public thought.
'Abortions didn't exist back then'.
Be seriious. Abortions have been a big part of midwifery since civilization began. Probably before, but we don't have records from before.
for a start.....never called themselves nazis...you been brainwashed
I doubt you know any truth about this subject
Trump should just run for Chancellor of Germany instead.
Trump is running for Chancellor of the World!
hopefully Germany will now get over holohaux now
When will the Ukrainians get over the 8 million starved victims of the holodomor at the hands of the J Marxist Communists? Funny, how you never hear that in the news 80 plus years later.
(fucking albanians)
Hitler, Merkel, Bush, Obama, Hillary, Trump, Sanders, Cruz...not one damn bit of difference between them. All politicians, playing the game, working the masses.
Tyler, GhostOfDiogenes is not about freedom of speech. He/she/it is about hate speech. Eliminate this thing from your website.
I guess the communist democrat party can't stand the truth.
Fuck off to your safe space. GhostofDiogenes is an idiotic sack of dog shit and we need to stand up for our rights to call him that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/07/no-t...
I agree with you danepol ...
Those fucking albanians suck.
(and the dusky types)
(and the women with crabs)
So "hate speech" is speech you disagree with and should be banned, eh. Toss off.
I think that we ZHers are quite capable of policing our own for outlandish remarks, no matter how dumb, distasteful or even hateful.
This is FIGHT Club, not SAFE Club.
The only time we gang up and call for someone's removal, is when they blatantly use the site for commercial thread-jacking (e.g. redirect to an MLM site or porn site).
If you just can't stand his comments, do what most people do: ignore them, scan over them, till you find a comment worth reading, rewarding or responding to. FWIW, I too find many comments dumb/low-brow, irrelevant or of no value-add, but I still deal with them -- given the reasonable price of ZH membership. :-)
p.s. Tyler, did I get enough kiss-ass brownie points? ;-)
Everyone say this:
"When you control literature, you control what people think".
http://youtu.be/9gXVa3yogLk
"This video is not available."
sorry danepol, i find "the ghost's" remarks distasteful, crude, and even blatantly untrue sometimes, BUT that is what separates WE THE PEOPLE from the rest of the cesspool on this planet. We can speak(as of right now) what the fuck WE want! unabridged, hateful or not. i'm still waiting for the one who says i cannot say what i want to stand up. i'm also a second amendment lover. THEY GO HAND IN HAND BROTHERS.............Live FREE or Die!!!
Danepol your a cock riding , sharia loving, boy toy for commies and muslims. I hope you die in a fire and have your children handed over to the rape gangs of the british elite
Danepol is a jew. He/it threatens anyone who disagrees with him.
He also annoys jews who disagree with his view, but only plagues non-jews with his desire to censor by his own vanity. What a putz, schlemiel. Send him to Israhell, and the USA and the world will be better off.
He does write a lot of bullshit, but I see no reason why he should get kicked from this forum.
Especially not based on catch-all phrases such as "hate speech", dumbass.
hate speech is protected free speech because you are allowed to hate people and voice your hate for those people. it is only in the twisted logic of some people that only parts of the entire realm of opinion is acceptable because some opinion hurts the feelings of some people. with some people bearing the political power to suppress opinions they don't like it wouldn't be long before some of your opinions are silenced. by protecting the confederate flag and the nazis right to march you are protecting your right to claim to free speech for some of the stupid stuff you believe in and openly espouse, like calling for the censorship of a virtually harmless person on a virtually harmless forum.
now go soothe your hurt feelings with a call to your mommy.
I respectfully disagree. I think GhostOfDiogenes is a moronic halwit who is almost certainly the by product of incest between two ugly misshaped individuals barely capable of swimming, however feebly, in the common gene pool.
But silencing him would only make us like the self righteous cum guzzlers at twitter and facebook.
Let the dickless inbred wonder have his say.
Another false flag attack and once again, the flames of islamophobia, immigrantphobia, and fascism are fanned. Divide and conquer ... it works every time. -_-
You forgot greasy-swarthy-scummy-types-o-phobia ...
(are you an albanian?)
It is the American communist democrat party that just can't stand the occasional truth that the media reports. The communist democrats have caused this utopian progressive turmoil in the middle east, that has spread to the EU & U.S.
Such an amazingly wrong diagnosis of the issues that I find it hard to grasp your intent.
There are indeed scatterings of communists in academia and EEurope, ex-USSR countries, more in China because it had a larger and younger population when their party transited to a capitalist form of fascism calling itself communist. But no genuine communists with any power anywhere.
The Progressives did not cause the turmoil in the ME, that was Israeli-Neocons, of course. And indeed, it is their goal to spread the turmoil everywhere, it is their tool of world domination. Literally, look at the PNAC documents.
Again with the phobia thing.
Not afraid of them, just don't like them.
They exist to take over everything with their shitty religion.
What is there to like?
Huh? False flag?
The word is RAPEophobia.
The tweets directing the stream of refugees (not stopped by Turkey despie their argreement with the EU to do so for $3B) came from gov accounts, US of some kind.
This is all pretty predictable, young men cause trouble everywhere, you may recall equivalent problems wherever and whenever there are US soldiers. Or anyone else's solders, the most common reason for large numbers of young men from outside a society. Add in Arabic cultural flaws, bingo, divide and conquer.
An attack on Germany appearing to be from a different source, False Flag Operation.
The opposite of divide and conquer would to be form an alliance with these animals. Are you out of your fucking mind.
I don't know if it is divide and conquer or not, but I do know the world is going to be a better place in 20 years minus about a billion muslims.
Who is supporting the importation of millions of Islamists into Germany and Europe today? Well, one person comes to mind named Soros along with so many others on the Council on Foreign Relations like Haass. Now why would Mein Kampf be flying off the shelve in Germany again?
Barbara Lerner Spectre, here to explain it all. "Jews are going to be at the center of that."