Ideology
The right-wing extremist likes to use comparisons and references from the Nazi era.
During his election campaign,the Alternative for Germany (AfD) banned Helferich from holding political office. Helferich had described himself in messages as the "friendly face of the ns[ sic ]",referring to National Socialism. Helferich also called himself a "democratic Freisler",referring to a Nazi-era judge. Helferich later said that his statements were meant as parody:"If you are confronted with Nazi accusations as frequently as AfD politicians,you compensate for that in private spheres. You ridicule it." [8] [9] [10]
He called himself the "democratic Freisler". Roland Freisler was a Nazi lawyer and participant in the Wannsee Conference. Because of further racist outbursts,Helferich is even being expelled from the party in AfD North Rhine-Westphalia. [11]
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