The leader of the far-right German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) said Adolf Hitler was really a communist during a live conversation with tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Alice Weidel said the « greatest success » of postwar Germany and Europe was changing the perception of Hitler from a communist to a far-right figure.
Despite being notably anti-communist and invading the Soviet Union, Ms Weidel said of Hitler: « He wasn’t a conservative. He wasn’t a libertarian. He was this communist, socialist guy. »
She also called the dictator a « antisemitic socialist » during the 74-minute conversation broadcast on Mr Musk’s social media platform X.
She said: « He was a communist and he considered himself as a socialist. The biggest success after that terrible era in our history was to label Adolf Hitler as right and conservative. He was exactly the opposite.
« He wasn’t a conservative. He wasn’t a libertarian. He was a communist socialist guy. Full stop. No more comment on that. And we are exactly the opposite. »
During their conversation, the pair also discussed Germany’s bureaucracy, « wokeness », need for tax cuts, free speech, and its « crazy » abandonment of nuclear power.
Though sections of her party are classed as right-wing extremists by German authorities, Ms Weidel insisted it’s « conservative libertarian » and blamed the mainstream media for « negatively framing » it as extremist.
Ms Weidel also claimed her party is the « only protector » of Jewish people in Germany as the other parties have let « millions of people in … [to] commit thousands of crimes on our streets », forcing many to flee.
Mr Musk has been a vocal supporter of AfD, drawing the anger of Germany’s main parties who see him and Ms Weidel as threats to democracy. He argues the country has been « infected by the woke mind virus ».
The Tesla CEO said AfD represents « only common sense » and there should be « nothing outrageous » about its policies. He said: « People need to get behind the AfD, otherwise things are going to get very much worse in Germany. »
After slamming Chancellor Olaf Scholz as an « incompetent fool » and continuing to back AfD, Mr Musk was told to get his « hands off our democracy » by the Green Party’s Robert Habeck.
A YouGov poll released earlier this week revealed that 59% of Germans expected Mr Musk’s endorsement of AfD to improve their chances at the next election in February.
However, 68% said they think he doesn’t know enough about German politics to be giving his opinions.
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