It goes without saying that any right-wing resurgence in Germany is viewed with mistrust by the rest of the world and Europe in particular. An article in the local German news magazine Der Spiegel of 15th December 2014, deals with this issue. What are the underlying causes of this resurgence and what is the prognosis? Finally are there any similarities with the rise of the NSDAP [Nazis in English] of the 1930’s?
Felix Menzel is no Hitler, at least not in the outward manifestations. Unlike Hitler he never uses virulent vitriolic rhetoric. Instead he engages one in an intellectual manner.
Menzel, now 29 years old, is the same age that Hitler was when the Armistice ending WW1 was declared & Hitler for the first time became actively involved in politics. In contrast Menzel has for the past 10 years been active in politics via a conservative right-wing magazine called the Blaue Narzisse, the Blue Daffodil whereas Hitler had not yet formulated a clear political direction and philosophy other than an inherent anti-Semitism.
Main photo: Recent PEGIDA demonstration in Desden. In English PEGIDA means “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West,”