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The AfD’s election win reflects growing support for far-right politics in #Germany.
Axel Reitz, a former German neo-Nazi, explains how the far-right attracts new followers — and how to counter its influence.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-germanys-far-right-draws-people
“I am just a normal guy with a not-so-normal past,” is how Reitz describes himself.
Once a neo-Nazi activist, Reitz now works with the #German nonprofit Extremislos to warn young people away from the far-right movement he once belonged to.
Speaking in schools and leading seminars about radicalization he’s open about his past, using his own experience to explain how people become drawn to extremism — and how they can find a way out.
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Today, 14 years after leaving #far-right extremism behind, Axel Reitz is alarmed to see the radical ideas he once promoted finding a much larger audience in Germany’s political mainstream.