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| Subject: Awww, German PEGIDA leader resigns after Hitler pose prompts investigation Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:06 am | |
| The leader of the fast-growing German anti-Muslim movement PEGIDA resigned on Wednesday after a photo of him posing as Hitler - and reports that he called refugees "scumbags" - prompted prosecutors to investigate him for inciting hatred.
Lutz Bachmann, a 41-year-old convicted burglar, had appeared on the front page of top-selling daily newspaper Bild on Wednesday sporting a Hitler moustache and haircut. Bild and another paper said he had called aslyum-seekers "animals" and "scumbags".
Kathrin Oertel, another PEGIDA co-founder, said his resignation had nothing to do with the Hitler photo but was linked to comments posted on the internet.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/german-pegida-leader-resigns-after-hitler-pose-prompts-investigation-20150121-12ve91.html |
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