{"id":2383,"date":"2025-01-27T19:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elon-musk-tells-german-far-right-crowd-the-nation-should-move-beyond-past-guilt-ahead-of-holocaust-remembrance-day\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T19:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:03:25","slug":"elon-musk-tells-german-far-right-crowd-the-nation-should-move-beyond-past-guilt-ahead-of-holocaust-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elon-musk-tells-german-far-right-crowd-the-nation-should-move-beyond-past-guilt-ahead-of-holocaust-remembrance-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk tells German far-right crowd the nation should move beyond &#8220;past guilt&#8221; ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>London \u2014<\/em>\u00a0Elon Musk made a surprise videolink appearance at a campaign event for Germany&#8217;s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Saturday, during which he told a crowd of around 4,500 AfD supporters that &#8220;children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great-grandparents,&#8221; in an apparent reference to the Nazi Germany just two days before Holocaust Remembrance Day. The AfD, which Musk had <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-germany-election-afd\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">previously voiced his support for<\/a><\/span>, has been labelled a suspected extremist organization by Germany&#8217;s national security services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is too much focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that,&#8221; Musk said, adding that he considered the anti-immigration, anti-cultural integration party, &#8220;the best hope for Germany.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything,&#8221; said Musk, who has become a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-277-million-trump-republican-candidates-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">close ally<\/a><\/span> and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-doge-lawsuit-january-20-trump-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">adviser to President Trump<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Remarks come days after Musk&#8217;s &#8220;awkward gesture&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>He gave the remarks just days after police in Germany said they were investigating the projection of large-scale images of Musk making a gesture reminiscent of the Nazi salute onto a Tesla factory outside Berlin. Musk made the gesture twice at an inauguration event for President Trump at the beginning of last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A U.K. campaign group and a German satirical group have taken responsibility for the projections.<\/p>\n<p>Any display of Nazi symbols is against federal law in Germany. Musk has not directly denied giving a Nazi salute, but he mocked criticism of the gestures in a post on X, saying: &#8220;Frankly they need better dirty tricks. The &#8216;everyone is Hitler&#8217; attack is sooo tired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Musk, calling him a friend of the Jewish people and dismissing the criticism, saying the tech magnate had been &#8220;falsely smeared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/elon-musk-visits-israel-after-endorsing-antisemitic-post-on-x\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Elon Musk visits Israel after endorsing antisemitic post on X<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">07:33<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the U.S., the Anti-Defamation League, which tracks antisemitism, called Musk&#8217;s actions an &#8220;awkward gesture,&#8221; but said it was &#8220;not a Nazi salute.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2023,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-threatens-to-sue-anti-defamation-league-x-twitter-anti-semitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Musk threatened to sue the ADL<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for defamation after the organization alleged his\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-antisemitic-comments-x-post-actual-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">X platform was enabling the spread of antisemitism<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Poland&#8217;s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, speaking a day before his nation welcomed survivors and foreign dignitaries for a memorial service to commemorate <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/auschwitz-survivors-80th-anniversary-liberation-ceremony-holocaust-remembrance-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">80 years since the liberation<\/a><\/span> of the notorious Auschwitz Nazi death camp, condemned Musk&#8217;s weekend remarks to the AfD gathering.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The words we heard from the main actors of the AfD rally about &#8216;Great Germany&#8217; and &#8216;the need to forget German guilt for Nazi crimes&#8217; sounded all too familiar and ominous,&#8221; Tusk said Sunday on social media. &#8220;Especially only hours before the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/auschwitz-survivors-mark-80-years-since-liberation\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Auschwitz survivors mark 80 years since liberation<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">04:14<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Monday, as people gathered for the solemn memorial service at Auschwitz, Tusk said in a new post that &#8220;the whole world should hear once more those words: NEVER AGAIN! We must not forget the tragic lesson of our past. Evil, violence and contempt cannot triumph anew. Under any circumstances!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>German government says Musk helping as far-right AfD gains support\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Germany is expected to hold a snap election in February, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence and his ruling coalition collapsed. The AfD, which recently became the first far-right party to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/germany-election-results-2024-thuringia-afd-fear-as-far-right-rise-in-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">win a state election<\/a><\/span> since the Nazi era, has seen a surge in support.<\/p>\n<p>After Musk&#8217;s remarks on Saturday, the leader of the AfD, Alice Weidel, thanked him and told the crowd: &#8220;Let&#8217;s make Germany great again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, the German government accused Musk of trying to influence the country&#8217;s February elections when he published an op-ed in a local newspaper endorsing the AfD.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,&#8221; a government spokesperson said on social media at the time, though the spokesperson said Musk was free to express his views, adding: &#8220;After all, freedom of opinion also covers the greatest 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