Chapter 60: Wolf in Shepherd’s Clothing

243 demonstrating across the country Sarah Marsh and Petra Wischgoll, “Germans Protest Nationwide After Far-Right Meeting on Deportation Plan,” Reuters, January 17, 2024, www.reuters.com/world/europe/nazis-no-thank-you-germans-take-streets-call-afd-ban-2024-01-17/.

243 one of . . . major allies Helen Sullivan and agencies, “European Far-Right Leaders Celebrate Geert Wilders' Party Leading Dutch Election Exit Polls,” The Guardian, November 23, 2023, www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/23/european-far-right-leaders-celebrate-geert-wilders-leading-exit-polls-dutch-elections.

243 second-most-popular political party “Germany—2025 General Election,” Politico, Poll of Polls, accessed February 6, 2025, www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/.

243 “wolf in sheep’s clothing” Lars Klingbeil quoted in Kate Connolly, “AfD Leader ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing,’ Says German Social Democrats Head,” The Guardian, January 18, 2024, www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/afd-leader-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-says-german-social-democrats-head.

243 “God looked down . . . so God gave us Trump” Donald J. Trump, Truth Social, January 14, 2024, 10:39 p.m., truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111757884379091592, archived at Wayback Machine, January 16, 2024 capture, web.archive.org/web/20240116174332/http://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111757884379091592, 0:10–0:16.

243 “a shepherd to mankind who . . .” Donald J. Trump, Truth Social, January 14, 2024, truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111757884379091592, archived at web.archive.org/web/20240116174332/http://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111757884379091592, 1:45–1:48.

244 “At kitchen tables across Germany . . .” Klingbeil quoted in Connolly, “AfD Leader ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing,’ Says German Social Democrats Head,” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/afd-leader-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-says-german-social-democrats-head.

244 “expel those who are not white enough” . . . “have the ‘wrong’ surname” Klingbeil quoted in Connolly, “AfD Leader ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing,’ Says German Social Democrats Head,” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/afd-leader-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-says-german-social-democrats-head.

244 “Your facade is beginning to crumble” Klingbeil quoted in Connolly, “AfD Leader ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing,’ Says German Social Democrats Head,” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/afd-leader-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-says-german-social-democrats-head.

244 “The true face of the AfD . . .” Klingbeil quoted in Connolly, “AfD Leader ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing,’ Says German Social Democrats Head,” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/afd-leader-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-says-german-social-democrats-head.

244 on January 10, 2024 . . . a bombshell story The story was originally published in German on January 10. Corrective published an English version on January 14. Marcus Bensmann et al., “Geheimplan gegen Deutschland,” Correctiv, January 10, 2024, correctiv.org/aktuelles/neue-rechte/2024/01/10/geheimplan-remigration-vertreibung-afd-rechtsextreme-november-treffen/; and Marcus Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” Correctiv, January 15, 2024, correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.

244 uncovered a secret meeting of . . . and AfD members Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.

244 at least the seventh meeting of its kind “Secret Meeting of Right-Wing Extremists: AfD Leader Chrupalla Apparently Took Part in an Earlier Meeting,” RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND), January 14, 2024, www.rnd.de/politik/geheimtreffen-der-rechtsextremen-auch-afd-chef-tino-chrupalla-beteiligt-F2Q7GOG7ZBGXLJTBGEWYNPDEQY.html, via Google Translate.

244 concentrated domestically . . . before shifting . . . Yassin Musharbash, “The Globalization of Far-Right Extremism: An Investigative Report,” CTC (Combating Terrorism Center at West Point) Sentinel 14, no. 6 (July/August 2021), ctc.westpoint.edu/the-globalization-of-far-right-extremism-an-investigative-report/.

244 planned the “remigration” . . . to other countries Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.

244 estimated that more than one million people Le Monde with AFP, “Germany: 1.4 Million Marched Against Far Right Over Weekend,” Le Monde, January 21, 2024, updated January 22, 2024, www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/01/21/germany-thousands-more-expected-at-sunday-protests-against-far-right_6452422_4.html.

244 occurred on November 25, 2023 Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.

244–245 immigrants and “non-assimilated” . . .needed to be removed . . . presence harmed Martin Sellner quoted in Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.

245 “invasion” Renaud Camus, You Will Not Replace Us! (Plieux, France: Renaud Camus, 2018), 23, 45, 64–65, 70, 179. Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1091051149.

245 “occupation” Camus, You Will Not Replace Us! , 55–56, 58–59, 62, 89, 137, 172–173, 179, Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1091051149.

245 “settler colonialism” Camus, You Will Not Replace Us!, 43, 45. Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1091051149.

245 “The sole method emerging to put an end . . .” Camus, You Will Not Replace Us!, 45, 49 (“Without remigration there will be no liberation”). Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1091051149.

245 Nazi (Aryan) blood and soil “‘Blood and Soil’ (Blut und Boden) was an early Nazi slogan used in Germany to evoke the idea of a pure ‘Aryan’ race and the territory it wanted to conquer. The concept was foundational to Nazi ideology and its appeal, though it predates the Nazi regime. Blood referred to the goal of a ‘racially pure’ Aryan people. Soil invoked a mystical vision of the special relationship between the Germanic people and their land. It was also a tool to justify land seizures in eastern Europe and the forced expulsion of local populations in favor of ethnic Germans. The term was a rallying cry during the 1920s and early 30s when the Nazis and other far right political parties were in opposition to the fledgling Weimar democracy.” “Origins of Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist Terms and Symbols: A Glossary,” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accessed February 26, 2025, www.ushmm.org/antisemitism/what-is-antisemitism/origins-of-neo-nazi-and-white-supremacist-terms-and-symbols.

245 the Nazi phrase On Nazi “racial hygiene,” see Susan Bachrach, “In the Name of Public Health—Nazi Racial Hygiene,” New England Journal of Medicine 351, no. 5 (July 2004), available at www.ushmm.org/m/pdfs/07192004-nazi-racial-hygiene-bachrach.pdf; and “Eugenics,” Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, October 23, 2020, encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/eugenics.