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Swastika banner at the Pegida rally in Dresden: the first conclusion of the police
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After the controversial lateral thinking demonstration in Leipzig, speakers from the Islamophobic and xenophobic Pegida movement in Dresden criticized the corona measures.
Participants stand on the Altmarkt in front of the Kreuzkirche during a rally of the Pegida movement in Dresden. © Sebastian Kahnert / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa
Unlike in Leipzig, where the rally with more than 20,000 people got out of hand and massive violations of the hygiene rules were registered, the participants in Dresden adhered to the requirements with a few exceptions, as a police spokesman said.
One According to officials, the swastika banner was secured and will be “criminally examined”.
The officials had previously checked the entrances to the event on the Altmarkt and pointed out the mask requirement. With a few hundred participants, the events remained clear. The main speaker was the former Brandenburg AfD politician Andreas Kalbitz.
He is classified as a right-wing extremist by the responsible Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
The demonstration of Pegida had been heavily criticized because it fell on the 82nd anniversary of the horrific night of the pogrom. During the November pogroms on the night of November 9th to 10th, 1938, the National Socialists were stuck Germany Synagogues, Jewish shops and apartments were set on fire and Jewish citizens were abused, abducted and murdered.
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“It is absolutely tasteless and historically forgotten that on a day like November 9th, a Pegida demonstration is not only held in Dresden, but is also allowed to be carried out,” declared State Rabbi Zsolt Balla.
The Dresden SPD leader Albrecht Pallas described Kalbitz’s appearance as a “disgusting provocation”. The FDP criticized the fact that Dresden gave Pegida a central place with the Altmarkt, while at the same time the commemorative events organized by the city on November 9th were “reduced to a barely recognizable level” because of Corona.
According to the city administration, there is no legal basis to restrict Pegida’s right of assembly. “Not even on days like November 9th, which many find unsuitable,” said city spokesman Kai Schulz when asked.
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