Daniel Halemba — recently elected to Bavaria’s state parliament — is a member of a student fraternity that is being investigated for displaying Nazi symbols.
German police on Monday arrested Daniel Halemba, a lawmaker from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, prosecutors said.
The 22-year-old, who was recently elected to the Bavarian state parliament, is being investigated for incitement and the use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations.
Prosecutors said he was taken into custody in the Stuttgart area on Monday morning after a warrant for his arrest was issued last week.
Halemba has admitted to being a member of a fraternity, “Burschenschaft Teutonia Prag zu Würzburg,” which was raided by authorities last month. Prosecutors said they suspected there could be symbols and objects associated with the Nazi Party on the group’s premises.
Four other members of the fraternity are also under investigation.
Under German law, it is illegal to display symbols of unconstitutional organizations, such as the Nazi swastika.
This doesn’t surprise me at all. AfD + Member of a german fraternity? Yeah, that’s kinda a red flag, both are known to have quite the nazi-problem.
They barely managed to arrest him too. A few hours later, and his immunity as elected official would’ve kicked in. They got lucky there I’d say.
Sadly, racism and nazi ideology is pretty far spread in the AfD, so this was expected to happen sooner or later. I would assume that a good portion of the elected AfD officials could be prosecuted for much the same reason.
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Daniel Halemba — recently elected to Bavaria’s state parliament — is a member of a student fraternity that is being investigated for displaying Nazi symbols.
German police on Monday arrested Daniel Halemba, a lawmaker from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, prosecutors said.
The 22-year-old, who was recently elected to the Bavarian state parliament, is being investigated for incitement and the use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations.
Prosecutors said he was taken into custody in the Stuttgart area on Monday morning after a warrant for his arrest was issued last week.
Halemba has admitted to being a member of a fraternity, “Burschenschaft Teutonia Prag zu Würzburg,” which was raided by authorities last month. Prosecutors said they suspected there could be symbols and objects associated with the Nazi Party on the group’s premises.
Four other members of the fraternity are also under investigation.
Under German law, it is illegal to display symbols of unconstitutional organizations, such as the Nazi swastika.
This doesn’t surprise me at all. AfD + Member of a german fraternity? Yeah, that’s kinda a red flag, both are known to have quite the nazi-problem.
They barely managed to arrest him too. A few hours later, and his immunity as elected official would’ve kicked in. They got lucky there I’d say.
Sadly, racism and nazi ideology is pretty far spread in the AfD, so this was expected to happen sooner or later. I would assume that a good portion of the elected AfD officials could be prosecuted for much the same reason.