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German AfD's Love for Simson Mopeds Dismays Jewish Family Behind Brand

Ulrich Siegmund, 35, the top candidate of the Alternative for Germany party and frontrunner in Sunday's Saxony-Anhalt state elections, has often led Simson rallies that have drawn hundreds of riders. This has helped him tap into "Ostalgie", or nostalgia for the vanished German Democratic Republic (GDR), that is sometimes mixed with bitter resentment over how the region has fared since Germany's 1990 reunification. AfD firebrand Bjoern Hoecke in …

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In eastern Germany, the Simson two-wheelers have become the campaign symbol of the far right. For the descendants of the founders, the Simson two-wheelers have become the campaign symbol of the far right. For the founders' descendants, the Simson two-wheelers are the most...

Ulrich Siegmund, 35 years old, leader of the AfD and favourite of the regional elections on Sunday in Saxony-Anhalt, regularly takes the lead in gatherings of hundreds of these mobs, capitalizing on "Ostalgia", this form of nostalgia in...

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