Alexander Gauland, one of the leaders of the party “Alternative for Germany” (ADH) expressed opposition to the establishment of 8 may legitimate the festive holiday in all of Germany. It is reported TASS citing an interview with the editorial policy unite RND.
Co-chair of the ADG faction in the Bundestag, said that the date is controversial and has potential to be a festive day. “For the prisoners of the concentration camps it was a day of liberation. But it was also a day of absolute defeat, the day of the loss of a large part of Germany and the loss of the ability of the formation [of the country],” said Gauland.
The politician said that it is impossible to declare may 8 happy day for Germany. He confirmed that the date is “positive,” but noted that “raped in Germany women” and “prisoner of the concentration camp” look at the date from different points of view.
In an interview with the media group “Funke” the Secretary-General of the Social democratic party of Germany (SPD) Lars Klingbeil subjected words Gowland criticism, calling policy statements “disgusting”. “Even if there is nothing new in how he thinks about the Nazis and a dark page in German history, it once again is repulsive shift of borders,” said Klingbeil. The Secretary General of the SPD, said that one of the main tasks is to prevent “people like he ever had the opportunity of forming our country.”
In Germany may 8 is celebrated as the day of liberation from national socialism and the Second world war in Europe. However, the date is a legal holiday a day only in the land of Berlin and only on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of the war. According to the editorial enterprises RND, until today, more than 80 thousand people in Germany signed a petition calling to make the may 8 public holiday.
