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The AfD's strategy in Saxony-Anhalt: nostalgia and culture war

A conversation about the success of right-wing extremist narratives and the role of Götz Kubitschek in Schnellroda.

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The conversation analyzes the success of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt.
The party uses a narrative of elite betrayal and radical system change, which was prepared by right-wing extremist networks and actors like Götz Kubitschek in Schnellroda.

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Why It Matters

The AfD has strong political roots in Saxony-Anhalt. Götz Kubitschek runs a center for new right ideology in Schnellroda.

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Berlin. Mr. Knaus, the AfD is almost unassailable in Saxony-Anhalt. It romanticizes a past that was first characterized by dictatorship and then by mass unemployment. Why is playing with nostalgia so successful?

The AfD today offers a grand narrative about the betrayal of the elites, the impending death of the people and the necessary radical system change. Right-wing extremist thinkers have paved the way for this over the past 15 years. Identitarians developed narratives in order to be able to wage the “war for minds”. The new right-wing editor Götz Kubitschek built the infrastructure for this culture war - in Schnellroda, Saxony-Anhalt.

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The AfD's strategy in Saxony-Anhalt: nostalgia and culture war

A conversation about the success of right-wing extremist narratives and the role of Götz Kubitschek in Schnellroda.

Quick Look

The conversation analyzes the success of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt.
The party uses a narrative of elite betrayal and radical system change, which was prepared by right-wing extremist networks and actors like Götz Kubitschek in Schnellroda.

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