PEGIDA has come under investigation after one of its speakers suggested that the country must reopen Nazi-era
The German far-right anti-Islam movement PEGIDA has come under investigation after one of its speakers suggested that the country must reopen Nazi-era concentration camps and house Muslims and refugees there.
The probe was launched a day after the city hosted a thousands-strong rally marking the first anniversary of the movement’s establishment, where German-Turkish writer AkifPirincci told the crowd, “Of course, there are other alternatives, but the concentration camps are unfortunately out of service.”
The movement’s founder Lutz Bachmann later apologized for Pirincci’s remarks on his Facebook page, attempting to deflect the wave of strong reactions sparked by the comments.
PEGIDA is a German acronym which stands for the “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West.”
Wooing supporters for its anti-Muslim and anti-asylum-seeker agenda, PEGIDA began to launch rallies last October and managed to attract thousands of supporters across the country.
