- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Dark Secrets: Merkel's Party Members Shock the World With Nazi-Style Video

© AP Photo / Markus SchreiberGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a debate at the German parliament prior to a vote on another bailout package for Greece, in the German Bundestag in Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a debate at the German parliament prior to a vote on another bailout package for Greece, in the German Bundestag in Berlin - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Back in 2005, three young men, and recently full-fledged members of the German CDU party, recorded a video where they chant right-wing slogans and have fun demonstrating a swastika badge, German newspaper Das Bild reported.

Portrait of the famous french high fashion designer Coco Chanel taken in 1944 in Paris. - Sputnik International
French Secret? Coco Chanel Suspected of Being Nazi Intelligence Agent
After many years, the video leaked online and caused uproar all across the country.

Lukas Krieger, Danny Freymark and Christoph Brzezinski are young politicians, and so to say, the future of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). However, their past seems to be full of dark secrets.

Instead of promoting Christian values and solidarity, the young people seemed to have other things to do during their time in school. During their trip to Riga in 2005, they recorded a shocking video where they were shouting racist slogans and calling a swastika badge in their hands "a badge of honor".

The video first disappeared from public access, but then was again published online, raising criticism among German citizens and doubts about the political competence of CDU members.

"To be Christian means that you eventually forgive when someone shows his/her remorse. The other question is whether the person is suitable for a public mandate," CDU representative Michael Braun said.

At the same time, German website news.de wrote that "the three black sheep, actually, showed their remorse." Surprisingly, Brzezinski has become a member of the German-Israeli Society, while Krieger and Freymark are involved in the promotion of a holocaust memorial.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала