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Zukunft Heimat is a right-wing extremist association founded in Brandenburg in 2015 with a nationalist and anti-refugee orientation. The association was named as an example of its interdependence with right-wing extremist structures due to its “structural cooperation” with the AfD regional association in Brandenburg . Both organizations are monitored by the Brandenburg Office for the Protection of the Constitution .

Club structure

The association's headquarters , which was founded in 2015, is in Golßen , Sagritz district . The chairman of the association is MdL Hans-Christoph Berndt (AfD); Hairdresser Anne Haberstroh is also on the board . Both were previously active in the Pro Zützen citizens' initiative . The employer of the laboratory doctor Berndt, the Berlin Charité , distanced itself in 2016 from the political activities of its employee, who was also chairman of the faculty staff council at the time. In 2016 he was re-elected, but turned down the election. Activists used poster campaigns to draw attention to Berndt's political views. Berndt is also a member and candidate of the AfD . In January 2019, he narrowly failed in the election as the top candidate for the 2019 state elections in Brandenburg, but took second place on the state list.

activities

The association mainly organizes demonstrations and rallies against refugees and other foreigners. The center of activities is predominantly the city of Cottbus. The association also supports demonstrations in other cities in southern Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt. In May 2017, the association started the “Draw Borders” campaign, which was aimed primarily at demonstrations in Cottbus - the number of participants grew to several thousand people per event by January 2018.

The association's demonstration activity is known nationwide and is highlighted as a special feature of the region.

"Zukunft Heimat" also stages itself as a home association and is committed to cycle paths and harvest festivals.

Links to other organizations

The association is closely linked to other conservative to right-wing extremist organizations. The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the State of Brandenburg reports of close contacts with the Identitarian Movement . The association apparently also recruits from circles of former organizations that have already been banned (Resistance Südbrandenburg, Spreelichter). Further contacts exist with Pegida , the Bürgerforum Südbrandenburg, the Institute for State Policy and the association “ One percent for our country ”, some of which are materially, ideally or personally involved in “Zukunft Heimat”. The association is also networked with the initiatives “Kandel is everywhere” (Kandel), “Merkel must go” (Berlin), “Heimatliebe Brandenburg” (Eberswalde) and “Pro Mitschrift” (Dresden). In the southern Brandenburg region, the association is sometimes seen as an umbrella organization for other regional groups. Jürgen Elsässer and Götz Kubitschek were also invited speakers .

There are also extensive contacts with the AfD . Andreas Kalbitz and Birgit Bessin have already appeared as speakers in demonstrations. The association also takes part in the party's election campaign activities.

There are also connections to the soccer hooligan scene, both regionally and nationally.

Reactions

The EKBO is considering excluding members of right-wing conservative associations from leading positions in church communities. This also includes “Future Home”. Church communities address the association in prayers for peace.

Fridays for Future demonstrators clearly distance themselves from “Future Home”.

Counterinitiatives were founded in Cottbus to accompany the demonstrations led by “Zukunft Heimat” through counter demonstrations.

National media have been reporting regularly on the demonstrations in Cottbus since 2018.

The organized demos of the association are also criticized because there were attacks on journalists there.

The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the State of Brandenburg establishes connections between the “Zukunft Heimat” association and right-wing extremists and examines the political endeavors of the AfD Brandenburg due to the close personal proximity to the association “Zukunft Heimat” and related other, sometimes right-wing extremist groups.

In a study, the Moses Mendelssohn Center in Potsdam evaluated a total of 69 speeches from the future home demonstrations in terms of content and language. The research group describes a pattern of racist and anti-democratic language elements.

Individual evidence

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  40. ↑ Because of the proximity to "Zukunft Heimat": Brandenburg's protection of the constitution is targeting AfD. In: Berliner Zeitung . March 18, 2019, accessed March 18, 2019 .
  41. ↑ The language of "criticism of asylum". An analysis of the speeches at future home rallies in Cottbus. Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies , June 2018, accessed June 17, 2019 (summary).
  42. ↑ The language of "criticism of asylum". An analysis of the speeches at Zukunft-Heimat rallies in Cottbus (PDF). Announcements from the Emil Julius Gumbel Research Center, Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies , Potsdam, June 2018.