A 22-year-old "lateral thinker" draws a daring comparison at a corona demo.
Not only Twitter users find this excessive, but also Heiko Maas (SPD).
A scandal occurred on Saturday in Hanover
at a
lateral thinker demo
.
A
22-year-old speaker
compared herself to
Sophie Scholl
in her Corona resistance fight
.
Now
Twitter is
discussing the video - and even
Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
speaks out.
Hanover - "Hello, I'm Jana from Kassel - and I feel like
Sophie Scholl
", this is how a supporter of the
lateral thinking group
begins
her address on Saturday at a
corona demonstration
in Hanover.
And the supposed reason for her statement follows immediately: She has been active in the
resistance for
months, giving
speeches, going to
demos
, distributing
flyers
- and registering for events.
"I am 22 years old, just like
Sophie Scholl
when she
fell victim
to the
National Socialists
," says Jana.
For her shaky words, however, she only earned muted applause from those present.
Because it is a steep thesis that the 22-year-old dares - as an
opponent of the coronavirus measures,
she compares herself
with a world-famous
resistance fighter
.
Sophie Scholl
died after standing up for her political convictions.
Because of her active resistance in the group
Die Weisse Rose, she
and her brother
Hans Scholl were
sentenced to death by the National Socialists in 1943 - and executed on the same day.
Corona: "Lateral thinker" compares herself with Sophie Scholl - Heiko Maas is outraged
The only thing that Jana from Kassel and
Sophie Scholl
may have in common is their age - the
Twitter community
has now also
agreed on that.
(But even this statement is not correct,
strictly speaking
,
Scholl
died
at the age of only 21.) Otherwise, the “
lateral thinker”
and her address mainly meet harsh criticism.
The
video
showing her address on
has since gone viral.
So it no longer goes unnoticed by politicians, as it is yet again evidence of an extremely daring comparison of a
lateral thinker
.
Not even 24 hours after the video was posted on
,
Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD)
now
speaks up on the social network: “Anyone who
compares
himself to
Sophie Scholl
or
Anne Frank
today is
mocking the courage it took to take a stance against them Show Nazis.
That belittles the
Holocaust
and shows an unbearable forgetfulness of history. ”“ Nothing connects
Corona protests
with resistance fighters, ”
Maas
continues, adding an unmistakable“ Nothing! ”- including exclamation marks - behind it, probably to express his deep dismay at the incident bring.
Anyone who compares himself to Sophie Scholl o Anne Frank today is mocking the courage it took to take a stand against Nazis.
This plays down the Holocaust and shows an unbearable oblivion of history.
Nothing connects corona protests with resistance fighters.
Nothing!
- Heiko Maas 🇪🇺 (@HeikoMaas) November 22, 2020
And the
Twitter users
agree with
Maas
.
“Only that we don't live in a
freedom-robbing regime
.
Everyone can express their opinion here.
These
corona deniers
feel restricted because they
are supposed to wear
a
mask
.
This has nothing to do with restricting freedom.
But with egoism and arrogance, "comments one user, while another agrees:" What an incredibly stupid statement.
Nobody in the people wants these resistance fighters.
Germany
is the freest country in the world.
You are not fighting against "those up there", but against all of us. "
Scandal at the lateral thinker demo: Folder becomes an Internet star
"I can and will never give up working for
freedom, peace, love
and
justice
," explains Jana from Kassel in the now much-discussed
video
when a curious incident occurs.
Apparently, one of the
stewards
at the
demonstration
tore
the thread of patience given her speech.
He goes to the front of the stage and hands the speaker his orange
safety vest
- his tone is initially so calm that neither the
lateral thinker
nor the audience can understand him.
When the 22-year-old repeatedly perplexed "What?" Questioned and someone in the audience shouts "Let her speak! Simply" the turning
security man
and says in disbelief, he could no longer listen to this further.
“
I don't make a folder
for such
nonsense
.
This is playing down the
Holocaust *,
”he explains clearly, but completely calmly.
The man repeats his view several times, until some other
security guards
and the
police take him
out of view of the camera.
Jana turns around, rings her tears and ends her speech.
The speaker in #Hannover feels like Sophie Scholl because she has been "active in the resistance for months".
Folder throws in the towel: "I don’t make a folder for such nonsense. That’s downplaying the Holocaust."
Speaker cries and throws down too.
# h2111 pic.twitter.com/BU5AvvlHSD
- 🍁 MdBdesGrauen 🍁 (@MdBdesGrauen) November 21, 2020
The
protesters
on site showed outraged.
The host of the event in
Hanover
said it was “terrible what is happening in this country.
I am shocked ”.
But the man who - in protest on his part -
wanted to
hand the
lateral thinker
his
vest
is now the
secret star on the Internet
, as many celebrate him for his courageous intervention.
"Respect for the
ex-folder
who recognized the mockery of the real
Holocaust victims
and opposed it," comments one user.
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