As of: January 21, 2024, 4:50 p.m
By: Andreas Steppan
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Signs against the right: The demonstrators in Bad Tölz crossed the Isar bridge.
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According to the police, 900 to 1,000 people came to a demonstration that was registered at short notice in Bad Tölz under the motto “Together against the right”.
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- When Mario Hentrich saw how many people flocked to the Winzerer Monument around 2 p.m. on Sunday, his heart temporarily sank, he admits.
The 38-year-old father from Bad Tölz had registered a demonstration with around 200 participants at short notice.
In the end there were around five times as many.
The police estimate the number of demonstrators who took to the streets under the motto “Together against the right” to be between 900 and 1,000.
Individual citizens had registered for a demonstration
“I’m really pleased that Tölz is standing together like this,” said Hentrich to his many fellow campaigners at the start.
He said a little later in an interview with our newspaper that he was proud that the city's citizens had managed to mobilize for such a large demonstration in such a short time.
That is “a super strong sign”.
Hentrich, who had not previously appeared politically, registered the event as an individual, as reported.
At the start of the demonstration under the motto “Together against the right”, hundreds of people gathered at the Winzerer monument on upper Marktstrasse.
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Many citizens were apparently grateful to him for giving them an opportunity to take to the streets for democracy and against right-wing extremists without having to drive to the large demonstration in Munich.
“It’s time to take a stand,” said demonstrator Sandra Kunz (52) from Bad Tölz.
“It's no use just sitting quietly at home.” She took part in the demonstration because she was dissatisfied with the right-wing tendencies in the country.
“I want Germany to remain a helpful, open country in which there is no place for xenophobia and homophobia.”
To demonstrate in Bad Tölz instead of Munich
The Mohaupt family from Tölz came to the demonstration with three different banners.
“My friends have all the colors in the world” read one of them, decorated with a painted rainbow.
“Clear edge – Nazis out” and “We’ve had Nazis before – it was shit” were other messages.
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Cross-generational: Four of the Mohaupt family from Tölz took to the streets for democracy.
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“It's nice when you see that you're not alone and that so many people are standing together for democracy,” said Marcel Mohaupt, pleased about the strong participation.
The family had actually planned to go to the rally in Munich.
“But we also wanted to set an example here locally.”
He wants to consciously convey to his children how important it is to express one's opinion in a democracy.
And that of his son Leopold (10) reads: “I want democracy to be preserved and that the AfD does not come to power.”
I don't like it at all when ethnic and racist slogans can be said in Germany.
I am here today to refute that a silent majority tolerates this.
Ilse Raeder, demonstrator from Lenggries
A number of Tölz city councilors, including third mayor Christof Botzenhart (CSU), also mingled with the demonstrators.
“I think it’s important that something like this also takes place outside of the centers in smaller cities and that there is no discernible difference between town and country in this respect,” he said.
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Demonstrator Ilse Raeder from Lenggries explained: “I don't like it at all when ethnic and racist slogans can be said in Germany.
I'm here today to refute the fact that a silent majority tolerates this." Because she often asks herself what an individual can do about it, she is very happy that an organizer took the initiative.
Ilse Raeder wrote on her poster: “Preserve democracy, not bring it back” – a reference to Hubert Aiwanger’s voters, a much-criticized quote that the majority in the country must “take back democracy”.
Demonstration march through Marktstrasse and over the Isar Bridge
Demonstrator Andreas Urban from Lenggries was keen to send a clear message to the “parties of the so-called center”.
“They should realize that it’s not worth fishing on the right edge.”
“Hate is not an opinion,” protester Helena Rössel wrote on a cardboard box.
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For Helena Rössel from Wolfratshausen, the motivation for taking to the streets was simple: "I want my children and grandchildren to grow up in peace and freedom - nothing else." That's why she wrote the slogan "Hate is not an opinion." with a thick, red exclamation mark, written on a cardboard box.
The demonstration, in which people of all ages could be seen, moved calmly and orderly from the meeting point at the Winzerer Monument towards Hindenburgstrasse.
The train led down Nockhergasse, over the Isar bridge and rounded the roundabout at Amortplatz.
There were slight traffic disruptions for a short time.