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He was highly criticised in the social and broadcast media for prematurely blaming Merkel's open refugee policy for the [[2016 Munich shooting]]. The shooter's motive was ultimately ascertained as enacting revenge on his classmates for bullying.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3704563/He-said-kill-Classmate-reveals-Munich-loner-mobbed-seven-years-bulling-school-promised-revenge-tormentors-one-day.html|title=Munich killer 'promised revenge on his school tormentors'|publisher=}}</ref>
He was highly criticised in the social and broadcast media for prematurely blaming Merkel's open refugee policy for the [[2016 Munich shooting]]. The shooter's motive was ultimately ascertained as enacting revenge on his classmates for bullying.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3704563/He-said-kill-Classmate-reveals-Munich-loner-mobbed-seven-years-bulling-school-promised-revenge-tormentors-one-day.html|title=Munich killer 'promised revenge on his school tormentors'|publisher=}}</ref>


Poggenburg resigned as regional party leader in 2018 after labeling Turks as “camel drivers” and immigrants with dual nationality a “homeless mob we no longer want to have."<ref>[[Associated Press]] (January 10, 2019) [https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/01/10/once-prominent-member-leaves-german-far-right-party/ "Once-prominent member leaves German far-right party"] News1130</ref> He left the party in January 2019 to form his own far-right party, ''[[Aufbruch Deutscher Patrioten]]'' ("Awakening of German Patriots", AdP), but the party immediately came under criticism when it announced that it would use a logo which included a blue cornflower, a symbol associated with the anti-Semitic Schoenerer Movement which was also used by banned Austrian Nazis in the 1930s before the [[Anschluss]] in 1938 united Austria with [[Nazi Germany]]. Poggenburg has been criticized in the past for his use of vocabulary redolent of Nazi-era Germany.<ref>Le Blond, Josie (11 January 2019) [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/11/new-far-right-german-party-adopts-former-secret-nazi-symbol "New far-right German party adopts former secret Nazi symbol "New far-right German party adopts former secret Nazi symbol"] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref><ref name=post>Mikelionis, Lukas (January 11, 2019) [https://nypost.com/2019/01/11/german-far-right-party-uses-secret-nazi-symbol-as-its-logo/ "German far-right party uses ‘secret’ Nazi symbol as its logo"] ''[[New York Post]]''</ref>
Poggenburg resigned as regional party leader in 2018 after labeling Turks as “camel drivers” and immigrants with dual nationality a “homeless mob we no longer want to have."<ref>[[Associated Press]] (January 10, 2019) [https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/01/10/once-prominent-member-leaves-german-far-right-party/ "Once-prominent member leaves German far-right party"] News1130</ref> He left the party in January 2019 to form his own far-right party, ''[[Aufbruch der deutschen Patrioten]]'' ("Awakening of German Patriots", AdP), but the party immediately came under criticism when it announced that it would use a logo which included a blue cornflower, a symbol associated with the anti-Semitic Schoenerer Movement which was also used by banned Austrian Nazis in the 1930s before the [[Anschluss]] in 1938 united Austria with [[Nazi Germany]]. Poggenburg has been criticized in the past for his use of vocabulary redolent of Nazi-era Germany.<ref>Le Blond, Josie (11 January 2019) [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/11/new-far-right-german-party-adopts-former-secret-nazi-symbol "New far-right German party adopts former secret Nazi symbol "New far-right German party adopts former secret Nazi symbol"] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref><ref name=post>Mikelionis, Lukas (January 11, 2019) [https://nypost.com/2019/01/11/german-far-right-party-uses-secret-nazi-symbol-as-its-logo/ "German far-right party uses ‘secret’ Nazi symbol as its logo"] ''[[New York Post]]''</ref>


==References==
==References==

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André Poggenburg giving a speech in November 2015

André Poggenburg (born 1975 in Weißenfels, Bezirk Halle, East Germany) is a German politician and former member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. He is state chairman of his party in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt and was leading candidate for the 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state elections. The AfD gained 24.2 percent of the votes and is now second political force in Saxony-Anhalt.[1] Poggenburg was also a member of the AfD federal board until January 2019.

Poggenburg described himself as a "national conservative".[2] He worked as a merchant and equipment manufacturer.[3] He led a company together with his stepfather and founded his own business organization for manufacturing machines in Stößen in 1996. He managed a repair company for car radiators, which moved to Gut Nöbeditz in 2008 and ceased operations on New Year's Eve 2015.[4] Poggenburg is unmarried.[3]

There were reports about financial problems of Poggenburg before the elections.[2][4] According to Poggenburg, these reports were "strongly exaggerated".[2]

He was highly criticised in the social and broadcast media for prematurely blaming Merkel's open refugee policy for the 2016 Munich shooting. The shooter's motive was ultimately ascertained as enacting revenge on his classmates for bullying.[5]

Poggenburg resigned as regional party leader in 2018 after labeling Turks as “camel drivers” and immigrants with dual nationality a “homeless mob we no longer want to have."[6] He left the party in January 2019 to form his own far-right party, Aufbruch der deutschen Patrioten ("Awakening of German Patriots", AdP), but the party immediately came under criticism when it announced that it would use a logo which included a blue cornflower, a symbol associated with the anti-Semitic Schoenerer Movement which was also used by banned Austrian Nazis in the 1930s before the Anschluss in 1938 united Austria with Nazi Germany. Poggenburg has been criticized in the past for his use of vocabulary redolent of Nazi-era Germany.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Hochrechnungen: CDU in Sachsen-Anhalt vorne - AfD kommt auf 24 Prozent, Der Spiegel, in German
  2. ^ a b c AfD-Wahlsieg als Weg aus dem privaten Finanzdesaster, Die Welt, in German
  3. ^ a b "Kandidatenvorstellung André Poggenburg" [André Poggenburg candidate profile] (PDF). Alternative for Germany (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Ein Rechtsausleger, Frankfurter Allgemeine, in German
  5. ^ "Munich killer 'promised revenge on his school tormentors'".
  6. ^ Associated Press (January 10, 2019) "Once-prominent member leaves German far-right party" News1130
  7. ^ Le Blond, Josie (11 January 2019) "New far-right German party adopts former secret Nazi symbol "New far-right German party adopts former secret Nazi symbol" The Guardian
  8. ^ Mikelionis, Lukas (January 11, 2019) "German far-right party uses ‘secret’ Nazi symbol as its logo" New York Post


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