MP allegedly greeted a party colleague at German parliament building ‘with a heel click and a Hitler salute’

MP allegedly greeted a party colleague at German parliament building ‘with a heel click and a Hitler salute’

Berlin prosecutors say they have charged a member of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party with making a Nazi salute in parliament.

The suspect allegedly “greeted a party colleague … at the east entrance to the Reichstag building with a heel click and a Hitler salute” in June 2023, the prosecutors said in a statement issued on Monday.

Making such a salute is illegal in Germany and is punishable by up to three years in prison.

The newspaper Bild named the politician as Matthias Moosdorf, 60, a member of parliament for Zwickau in the former East German state of Saxony.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    83·
    2 days ago

    Just use the words “They are a national security threat,” and you can pretty much do whatever needs to be done.

    • Typhoon@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      Nazis are always a national security threat.

      Signed,

      Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, Norway, Britain, Russia