Overview
- Peggy Lindemann, an AfD officeholder in Schwedt and the Uckermark district council, reshared a reel that invoked a Der Stürmer caricature and a coded reference to “elite Jews” using a juice emoji while suggesting Hitler was not the villain.
- She removed the post, issued an apology on Instagram, and told public broadcaster rbb she shared it in the heat of the moment without fully watching it, calling the act “selten dämlich.”
- Brandenburg antisemitism commissioner Andreas Büttner filed a criminal complaint for suspected Volksverhetzung, citing the reel’s use of the ritual murder myth, and urged Lindemann to resign her local mandates.
- AfD Uckermark chairman Felix Teichner said the party would not discipline her, describing the repost as an inadvertent mistake, while a state party spokesperson condemned the content but noted her apology.
- The reel originated from influencer Denise Kettler’s account “independent.mom,” and any criminal inquiry or internal party proceedings remain pending.