Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who lost nearly all his family to Nazi atrocities, reflects on contemporary political issues in Germany, particularly the support of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland by the Christian Democratic Union. At nearly 100, he urges education on history to prevent the rise of extremism, recalling his harrowing experiences in concentration camps. His advocacy has earned him recognition, and he warns that aligning with extremist groups could lead society back to the catastrophic politics of the 1930s. His sentiments stress the importance of vigilance against the far-right.
If you give those people an inch they take a mile, and everything could go back to the way it was in the 1930s.
It's terrible. I lived through that time, my whole family was murdered for politics or for religion, and it's incredible that we're back to this.
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