Rechtsruck und antimoderne Reflexe – Wie die autoritäre Rebellion breite Schichten der Gesellschaft erfasst

The affinity of anti-modernism to völkisch nationalism is not a new phenomenon, but it is hardly discussed today. The mass protests of lateral thinkers, Reichsbewegten and right-wing extremists seem to be over. However, the social class with anti-modern ideas that feeds off them is growing, and has also become younger and more feminized - not only in Germany, but throughout Europe. The radical nature of their attitudes does not just begin with the planning of a storming of the Almost in every company during the Second World War, people had to perform forced labor, mostly from the occupied territories. This was also the case at the Osnabrück copper and wire works (now KME). In the lecture, the speaker Hannah Spille will take a closer look at the group of mainly Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian male forced laborers: What were their working and living conditions like and what role did the Osnabrück Gestapo play in enforcing forced labor against the deportees? Bundestag or the sabotage of the power grid. It begins with the questioning of reality to a rejection of the rule of law and ends with the delegitimization of democracy. Andreas Speit describes how anti-modern reflexes are affecting broad sections of society and moving them ever further to the right. The speaker is an author and journalist. He writes for the taz and Die Zeit, among others, and publishes on right-wing and nationalist tendencies, identitarian networks and the Reichsbürger scene.