After today’s revelations about top FPÖ officials who were at a…
At the fraternity funeral, the forbidden, National Socialist SS song “If everyone
be unfaithful” sang. The SS version of the song was explicitly sung
At the end of the last verse “Vom heil’gen deutsche Reich” is sung.
Specifically, a complaint was filed against former National Council member Martin Graf
Third President of the National Council; Harald Stefan, member of the National Council; Norbert Nemeth,
Parliamentary Club Director of the FPÖ as well as ex-FPÖ National Councilor Johann Gudenus and
the right-wing extremist member of the Identitarian Movement, Gernot Schmidt. In addition, it was
Reports have been filed against unknown persons regarding the other participants.
The complaint was made by the lawyer Mag. Bini Guttmann on behalf of the Jewish people
Austrian university students (JöH) submitted the case to the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office.
After the Jewish university students reported yesterday, Friday
Prohibition law against the FPÖ and its anti-Semitic guest speaker Sucharit Bhakdi
filed a complaint against leading officials today for renewed activity
Top officials.
Since the singing of the SS song is a textbook legal case
Re-activation is likely to result in condemnations of the FPÖ politicians.
It is also explosive that the well-known, right-wing extremist Identitarian member Gernot Schmidt
sang the Naz song together with the FPÖ officials. This shows once again the tightness
Relations between the FPÖ, fraternities, right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis.
Alon Ishay, President of the Jewish Austrian Students, is horrified:
“This scandal is an alarm signal for Austria. That top officials of the FPÖ are like this
Shamelessly glorifying National Socialism shows how deeply Nazi ideologies ran within the
FPÖ are rooted. Such people do not belong in parliament, but in court.”
Ishay feels, with a view to the seven-day vigil against the People’s Chancellor &
Kellernazis” confirms: “We have been standing against our vigil for seven days
Cellar Nazis at the castle gate. The day before the election, our worries are confirmed: with the FPÖ
A party that has more than earned the title of “basement Nazis” may soon be in power
deserved.”
“The singing of an SS song by top politicians is not only unprecedented
disrespect for the victims of National Socialism, but is also a
Legal textbook case of National Socialist re-activation. It shows how deep
National Socialist ideas are anchored in parts of Austrian politics. In
There must be no place in a democratic constitutional state for such glorification of Nazi ideologies. It is intolerable that these people continue to hold political office instead of standing trial.” said Bini Guttmann, executive councilor in the World Jewish Congress and lawyer.
The entire statement of facts is available at the following link:
https://joeh.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SVD-wegen-%C2%A7-3h-VerbotsG.pdf