Halemba keeps AfD busy: fraternity under observation

Extremism - Halemba keeps AfD busy: fraternity under observation

The Daniel Halemba case continues to unfold: The accusations against the Bavarian AfD member of parliament for incitement of the people and other offenses are now also occupying the AfD's federal leadership. According to a spokesperson on Thursday, the federal executive committee will discuss the case at a meeting next Monday evening.

According to media reports, the meeting will also deal with possible violations of AfD regulations, of which Halemba is accused as the Würzburg AfD district chairman. In addition, the Teutonia Prag fraternity in Würzburg, to which Halemba also belongs, has been under observation by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution since the beginning of December. This has also applied to the AfD as a party as a whole in Bavaria for some time.

The AfD federal executive committee has routinely requested statements from the AfD state executive committee in Bavaria, the AfD district executive committee in Lower Franconia, the state executive committee of the Junge Alternative and from one of the members concerned "in order to be able to rule out any violations of the party's rules in this matter", the spokesperson announced. The news portal t-online and the "Main-Post" had previously reported. The statements had been received in full and were now being evaluated. "Part of this evaluation will also include the allegations and investigations against a member of our party concerned."

The public prosecutor's office in Würzburg is investigating Halemba for incitement of the people and the use of symbols of anti-constitutional organizations. The 22-year-old student, who last lived in Würzburg, rejects the accusations.

In the meantime, Halemba had been arrested on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by the Würzburg district court. However, the warrant was then suspended subject to conditions and Halemba was given reporting requirements and a ban on contact with other suspects. These include members of the Teutonia Prag fraternity in Würzburg, to which Halemba himself also belongs.

This fraternity has been under observation by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution since December. "The activitas of the Teutonia Prag zu Würzburg fraternity is an object of observation by the Bavarian State Office for the Protection of the Constitution," the authority announced on Thursday in response to an inquiry. The "Main-Echo" had previously reported on this.

There were sufficiently strong indications that the activities of the fraternity were aimed against the free democratic basic order, it said.

Right-wing extremist music had been played in the fraternity house. The fraternity had also used its premises to store propaganda material from the right-wing extremist Identitarian Movement. In doing so, it had emphatically supported the right-wing extremist efforts of this movement.

The extreme right-wing orientation of the group is also evident in the numerous stickers displayed in the fraternity's communal rooms with references to extreme right-wing groups such as the III. Weg party or the Identitarian Movement.

In addition, Nazi devotional objects and stickers with right-wing extremist agitation were found in the common rooms, which were particularly directed against the human dignity of people with a migration background and against the rule of law. At two events, an activist from the small neo-Nazi party III. Weg was present. In addition, there are strong personal overlaps between members of the fraternity's activitas and the Junge Alternative (JA).

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1. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Bavaria has been monitoring the Teutonia Prag fraternity in Würzburg, a group that Daniel Halemba, the AfD member of parliament in Bavaria, is a part of, since December due to indications of activities aiming against the free democratic basic order.
2. The case of incitement to hatred and other offenses against Bavarian AfD member of parliament Daniel Halemba is not limited to him as a politician, as he also serves as the Würzburg AfD district chairman and is a member of the Teutonia Prag fraternity, which is under observation by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
3. The AfD federal executive committee in Berlin is set to discuss the case of its Bavarian member Daniel Halemba at a meeting on Monday evening, along with possible violations of AfD regulations, which Halemba is accused of breaching in his role as the district chairman.
4. The AfD and its youth wing, Junge Alternative, have come under scrutiny in Bavaria due to their activities, with the AfD as a whole being under observation by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution for some time, and the Junge Alternative state executive committee in Bavaria being requested to provide statements regarding any violations of party rules.
5. T-Online and the "Main-Post" have reported on the statements requested by the AfD federal executive committee from various parties and individuals in connection with the Halemba case, as part of an effort to rule out any violations of party rules in this matter.6.halemba's arrest and subsequent suspension of his arrest warrant with conditions, including reporting requirements and a ban on contact with other suspects, are directly related to the allegations of incitement to hatred and other offenses against him, which have also led to the Teutonia Prag fraternity being under observation by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Bavaria.

Source: www.stern.de