The Free Voters' parliamentary group in Murnau refuses to participate in a working group to come to terms with the Nazi era.
She cites a lack of time as the reason.
Murnau
- West German society did not begin to come to terms with the Nazi era immediately after the end of the war, but only in the 1960s. Today, foreign countries certify that Germans have shed an exemplary light on their darkest past. Nevertheless, the refusal of part of the population to deal with the most terrible chapter in German history is still widespread. This is shown not least by the “closing line debates” that have been held over and over again for decades.
The Murnau market does not intend to draw a line. The historian Dr. In 2020 Edith Raim published the results of her research, which she carried out on behalf of the community, in a book entitled "There are cold times coming: Murnau between 1919 - 1950". Documentation with the same name can be seen in the castle museum until November 21, 2021. In the historical coming to terms with the Nazi years, local politics now wants to open the next chapter. The main administrative committee appointed Dr. Michael Rapp (CSU), Veronika Jones, (Alliance 90 / The Greens), Felix Burger (SPD), Dr. Elisabeth Tworek (Mehr Bewegen), Wolfgang Küpper (ÖDP / Bürgerforum) and a member of the children and youth representatives in a working group that the local council had already decided at the end of March 2012.Michael Manlik (ÖDP / Bürgerforum) suggested inviting the Werdenfelser Alliance, which opposes right-wing extremist and right-wing populist anti-democratic currents.
Local dignitaries and honorary citizens should be screened
The committee should also deal with the biographies of local dignitaries, including honorary citizens, and examine them.
The Free Voter Group refuses to participate.
Welf Probst made this unmistakably clear at the meeting.
"We will not participate." Immediately after the meeting, CSU spokesman Rudolf Utzschneider tried to get Probst to rethink.
Vain.
"It would be important to have him with you," says Utzschneider.
He finds Probst's no to the working group “regrettable.
I can’t understand.
We could have used his view of things well ”.
Even a week later, Probst's attitude has not changed. He justifies his position and that of his group with overburdening. “We have so much work to do - especially after Corona. I don't need another working group. ”Is it just the lack of time? Not exclusively. Probst makes it clear that one has to shed light on history, “also critically”. However, he fears that poking around in the CVs of honorary citizens could unearth unsightly things. “If you want, you can find something in everyone.” What would have to happen for him to change his mind? “The whole thing should be bridled differently,” he says. Affected honorary citizens should not be deleted, their deeds should be classified. And he states unequivocally: "I don't want to defend anything or sweep it under the rug."
As early as 2017, the Free Voters stepped out of line
The Free Voters have already stepped out of line in this case: In 2017, their three municipal councils spoke out against distancing themselves from honorary citizens Max Dingler and Lorenz Sonderer (bearers of the citizen's medal).
Mayor Rolf Beuting (ÖDP / Citizens' Forum) cannot understand why the Free Voters waived their seat and vote in the working group, which will not meet in public.
He was “surprised by Probst's announcement, because for me it seems out of time”.
Of course, coming to terms with it is a painful process, but it can be cleansing and fruitful.
Until the process is completed, after all, 20 to 30 people have to be occupied, according to Beuting, “it can take a few years.
Everything else is unrealistic ”.
In addition to Utzschneider, the other parliamentary groups represented in the Murnau municipal council also complain about the lack of free voters. “I think it's a shame,” says Green Veronica Jones. You respect the decision, “I can't understand you”. Phillip Zoepf expresses himself similarly: “The free voters have to deal with that.” The spokesman for Mehr Bewegen explicitly points out that the working group is not about “unmasking or discrediting someone. It's about perpetrators, not followers ”. Felix Burger (SPD), whose party suffered particularly under National Socialism between 1933 and 1945, is consciously diplomatic: "I would generally be happy if everyone was there."
