How a scandal is forcing Germany to reckon with its Nazi past
A top politician has apologised for carrying an anti-Jewish pamphlet as a schoolboy.
The German politician Hubert Aiwanger has admitted to carrying an anti-Jewish pamphlet that mocked the Holocaust when he was a schoolboy. But despite Germany’s tough laws against antisemitism and glorifying Nazism, he’s been allowed to keep his job as deputy premier of Bavaria, the biggest state in the country. Now some worry Germany’s stance against antisemitism is weakening.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reporter Kristina Volk, who grew up in Bavaria, explains the scandal, how hate speech laws apply online, and how the Holocaust is taught in schools.
Also: Surbhi Kaul, a journalist in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Delhi bureau, talks to Alex about why people are discussing whether India could be renamed Bharat.
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Presenter: William Lee Adams with Kristina Volk
Producers: Alex Rhodes and Julia Ross-Roy
Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks
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