Chapter 73: Not a Secret
289 no one objected . . . evoked support Marcus Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” Correctiv, January 15, 2024,
correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.
289 turned to the practicality and feasibility Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,”
correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.
289 “so that the racially motivated forced displacement . . .” Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,”
correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.
289 discussed how to manipulate White Germans Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,”
correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/
289 “to weaken Germany’s democracy by . . ." Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,”
correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.
289 “completely irrelevant event” . . . did not have . . . backing Alice Weidel quoted in Marie Scholl, Nicole Diekmann, David Gebhard, “Weidel Ends Cooperation with Hartwig,” ZDFheute, January 15, 2024,
www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deutschland/afd-weidel-geheimtreffen-reaktion-hartwig-100.html, via Google Translate.
289 no prior knowledge Kate Connolly and Ashifa Kassam, “Germans Take to Streets After AfD Meeting on Mass Deportation Plan,” The Guardian, January 16, 2024,
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/germans-take-to-streets-to-oppose-far-right-afds-mass-deportation-plan.
289 make a public show . . . he continued . . . behind the scenes Connolly and Kassam, “Germans Take to Streets After AfD Meeting on Mass Deportation Plan,”
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/germans-take-to-streets-to-oppose-far-right-afds-mass-deportation-plan.
289 claimed the AfD did not support remigration Connolly and Kassam, “Germans Take to Streets After AfD Meeting on Mass Deportation Plan,”
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/germans-take-to-streets-to-oppose-far-right-afds-mass-deportation-plan.
289–290 “All refused asylum seekers not legally entitled . . .” AfD, Manifesto for Germany, 2017,
www.afd.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-12_afd-grundsatzprogramm-englisch_web.pdf, 60.
290 “Remigration instead of mass immigration” AfD, European Election Program: Programme of the Alternative for Germany for the Election to the 9th European Parliament 2019, 2019,www.afd.de/europawahlprogramm/, 40, via Google Translate.
290 top candidate in the Brandenburg state elections “AfD Brandenburg Elects Parliamentary Group Leader Berndt as Top Candidate,” Welt, April 6, 2024, www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article250908402/Landtagswahl-AfD-Brandenburg-waehlt-Fraktionschef-Berndt-zum-Spitzenkandidaten.html, via Google Translate.
290 “Remigration is not a secret – but a promise” Hans-Christoph Berndt quoted in Sebastian Shukla, “Beer, Bratwurst and Conspiracy: Inside a Meeting of Germany’s Far-Right AfD,” CNN, February 9, 2024,
www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/europe/germany-afd-migration-far-right-intl/index.html.
290 “is not putting the interests of the indigenous population first” Berndt quoted in Shukla, “Beer, Bratwurst and Conspiracy: Inside a Meeting of Germany’s Far-Right AfD,”
www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/europe/germany-afd-migration-far-right-intl/index.html.
290 second-most-popular party AfD remained the second-most-popular party in Germany as 2024 marched on. See “Germany—2025 general election,” Politico, Poll of Polls, accessed via Wayback Machine, January 2, 2025 capture,
web.archive.org/web/20250102224300/https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/.
290 “You are not good at governing . . .” Alice Weidel on the General Debate on the 2024 Federal Budget of the 31st of January 2024.
290 “You are ruining it. And I’ll tell you why. . .” Alice Weidel on the General Debate on the 2024 Federal Budget.
