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"Don't Give a Platform to Every Outlandish Claim": Hape Kerkeling Warns the SPD Against False Tolerance

Summary by Der Tagesspiegel
In powerful words, Hape Kerkeling reminded the SPD of the courage of its former chairman Otto Wels, who opposed the Nazi Enabling Act in 1933. He warned against a "capitulation of the facts."

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The comedian Hape Kerkeling drew parallels to 1933, the year of Hitler's seizure of power, during a retreat by the SPD faction. He recalled the Social Democrat Otto Wels, who spoke against the empowerment law in the Reichstag. Kerkeling sees him as his model.

·Berlin, Germany
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The SPD - Group meets for a strategy talk - and has a special guest. Hape Kerkeling is giving a speech here in the light of the possible AfD triumph in Saxony-Anhalt, which will resound.

·Munich, Germany
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The entertainer calls on the SPD to resist extremism and refers to the AfD. He also recalls the social democrat Otto Wels and his "No to the empowerment law of the National Socialists: "We stand in his role model."

·Berlin, Germany
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Speaking to the SPD, Hape Kerkeling commemorated former chairman Otto Wels, who opposed the National Socialists in 1933. He warned against intolerance and extremism.

·Germany
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Entertainer Hape Kerkeling reminded the SPD MPs of the courage of their former party leader Otto Wels, and asked them: The country should not leave the same room for constitutional enemies and their opponents.

·Hamburg, Germany
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In powerful words, Hape Kerkeling reminded the SPD of the courage of its former chairman Otto Wels, who opposed the Nazi Enabling Act in 1933. He warned against a "capitulation of the facts."

·Berlin, Germany
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berliner-sonntagsblatt.de broke the news on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
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