AfD chief: Nazi era a 'speck of bird poop' in German history

[TomSea]

AfD chief: Nazi era a 'speck of bird poop' in German history
Karin Laub, Associated Press Updated 12:27 pm, Saturday, June 2, 2018

BERLIN (AP) — The co-leader of the far-right nationalist Alternative for Germany party on Saturday dismissed the Nazi era as a "speck of bird poop" in German history, drawing swift condemnation from mainstream politicians and outrage on social media.

Alexander Gauland said Germans must take responsibility for 12 years of rule by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party, but argued that it's only a small part of Germany's history.

"We have a glorious history and it, dear friends, lasted longer than those blasted 12 years," he told a gathering of the party's youth movement, according to the dpa news agency.

Read more at: https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/AfD-chief-Nazi-era-a-speck-of-bird-poop-in-12962510.php

AfD, Alternative for Germany, Deutscheland is the party, by all accounts, a "Nationalist" type of party.

A big story internationally,  there is a context to his statement. Maybe you had to be there.

[dfwgator]

Well the folks in Warsaw would say that it was a hell of a lot more than a "speck" on their history.

[XenaLee]

That ""speck"" murdered over 11 MILLION people.   To try to minimize that genocide is heinous and despicable.  As if.... trying to make it all "ok".