Independent World
UK · 6 hrs ago
Nazi opponent descendant tries to remove far-right party’s wreath at Hitler plot memorial event
A descendant of an opponent of the Nazis who was executed rushed to remove a wreath that was left by the far-right Alternative for Germany party at an event in Berlin marking the 82nd anniversary of a failed attempt to kill Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.Tobias Korenke, a great-nephew of Protestant pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, attempted to remove the wreath from the parliamentary group of Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at Monday's event at the site where the main plotters were executed.Security officers intervened, and the wreath was damaged in the scuffle."Many descendants, myself included, feel really great anger when we see AfD laying wreaths here," Korenke said. "We will not accept this."AfD finished second in last year's German national election and is now the biggest oppo
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