Stephan Protschka

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Stephan Protschka
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1977-11-08) 8 November 1977 (age 46)
Dingolfing, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political party AfD

Stephan Protschka (born 8 November 1977) is a German politician. Born in Dingolfing, Bavaria, he represents Alternative for Germany (AfD). Stephan Protschka has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2017.

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Life

He became member of the bundestag after the 2017 German federal election. [1] He is a member of the Committee for Food and Agriculture. [2] In 2019 he was involved in controversy after funding and supporting a memorial in Poland honoring German soldiers in WWII and the Nazi paramilitary organization Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz. The construction of the memorial was partially initiated by the neonazi organization Junge Nationalisten which is being monitored by the German intelligence services. Polish courts started an investigation against Protschka for supporting Nazism and defamation of victims of the holocaust. [3] [4]


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References

  1. "Stephan Protschka - AfD-Fraktion im deutschen Bundestag". www.afdbundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. "German Bundestag - Food and Agriculture". German Bundestag. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. "AfD-Politiker und Neonazis stifteten offenbar Kriegsdenkmal in Polen". Der Tagesspiegel Online.
  4. Weiland, Severin (22 November 2019). "AfD und Gedenkstein: Polen lässt Aufstellung untersuchen". Der Spiegel.