nick kids lives in kenya it's the city which has come to symbolize the rise of the far right in eastern germany the demonstrations took place a year ago now people in kenya it's an across the german state of saxony are going to the polls to elect a new state parliament moment i still haven't decided who to vote for in the parliamentary elections. it may be a state election but it's attracting interest across germany the right wing populist a.f.d. party hopes to come out the big winner saxony must decide which direction it plans to take and so does nick at c.s.k. . nick has been doing martial arts since he was 8 years old he specialized in m.m.a.

all mixed martial arts. colorful martial arts has probably contributed greatly to my self-image it's given me a lot of self-confidence in dicey situations where you're inclined to panic or the adrenaline starts pumping. the panic or should i that doesn't happen so much now because i just know the situation better is it can't. we can't see ascii is 28 years old 5 years ago he opened his own martial arts studio he knows the german m.m.a. scene well and he says it's closely connected to the neo nazi scene especially in eastern germany. chop and the worst case i've experienced was at

a competition in where people always booed the foreigners during the finals the crowd chanted who. short for the right wing group hooligans nazis racists. this video is an ad for the well known right wing m.m.a. event camp dinny blowen or 5 of the ne belongs it's an annual meeting for right wing extremists in saxony disguised as a sporting event nick and his friend target know all about fighting the needless which right wing parties cease to attract new voters. the blame of the trouble is it's a recognised and consciously public right wing event they're not stupid they promote it like a normal and a finds them but what doesn't belong to the sport is the showing of symbols that drive them support group of friends in berlin or to hang addition they hang up flags which really belong to the right wing scene. and the problem is here and the

problem is they mix their politics with the martial arts. politicians make appearances and try to manipulate people like nations who like to put neil a lot of you hear the politicians come and make speeches fishing for votes image that nick was born in kenya it's and he spent most of his life here he's encountered nazis outside the martial arts scene too even in school he had to be careful who he made friends with the. you know in my youth i naturally had a bit of contact with them at school to shorten the lunch and you had to decide on your attitude towards them done. first thing one of them was really into grated into the neo nazi scene one so my attitude towards him was clear. in my no one he could never entirely avoid contact with neo nazis in his youth he did try to stay away from them he takes us to the place where a german of cuban descent was stabbed a year ago here is to get thinks this is the memorial for daniel h.

who was murdered here on august 26th 2018. or more the voter his death made headlines across germany so did the demonstrations afterwards around the col marks monument one of the city's landmarks throughout. the arab candidates in 20 a chain just the suspicion that an asylum seeker killed daniel was enough for sex and he's far right seem to take to the streets beyond hook and other politicians from the i.f.t. much side by side with neo nazis they chanted nazi slogans and did hitler salutes and attacks politicians and foreign looking passers by the police were outnumbered and under the well and. nick kid c.s.k. says the demonstrations changed his city since then it's become more polarized the different political camps are more opposed than ever. before and the tone in camden

has become more aggressive for its divided groups of friends even my own family a bit of this for. for instance nick and his grandparents often don't see eye to eye. but you know there is a dish today they've come downtown to have a visit with him he gets. here. then you can it's when it was still part of communist east germany much has changed since then and they don't feel safe here anymore. and it's why doesn't arts and i can't go out anymore at night i don't dare go into the city that's down it wasn't like that before don't beat around the bush it's simple everyone says it's the asylum seekers and if we had more law enforcement and police the feeling would be better. we have defeated bessel to the police are getting huge reinforcements. i have something

against people who've committed crimes having to be kept here to comply with some international legal practice in internet so let's go through when it's not possible to deport them to venues and foreign images these are. those are the ones who are a burden to us to us since the here in the. script and i was then of course there's no problem with foreigners i grew up in a system in a world that's totally globalized and the only functions through globalisation that people say throw out all the foreigners but our country couldn't survive without them to speak and so for me it's not a question of with or without foreigners things can only function if we work together on the phone to me on. nick who really likes to talk with his grandparents especially about politics but he finds this sometimes intolerant he'd never sent that to their faces and in front of the camera they're all

a bit reticent. on this. big thing this issue patricia what do you think about the political direction changing the f.t. getting more powerful and giving the far right a boost to say thanks to the sure. but that also means that the people on the left will also get more organized and that would likely provoke more riots what would see and i thought after the election every day of the course if the a.f.p. comes in 1st protests will increase not only will people protest more. unlikely to do it peacefully which will lead to rioting i'm pretty sure of that since you. nick and his friends enjoy a barbecue none of the my f.t. supporters and yet none of the candidates has a far right problem they say lost is demonstrations were exaggerated by the media they more worried about the city's image shows i only learned about what happened from the media apparently people in chemists or stamped for next to no reason

there's a bit of latent fear them this case has been exploited by all sides. and so it goes to show us what it would truly present in the media as if everyone in the demo was right wing but that's not how it was said the brass majority were simply concerned this finds session i found a really shocking that even in america they were reporting on kemet some what was happening here people must decide for themselves how much importance to place on it that's probably why so many people myself included are afraid to let our children play alone outdoors which was once totally normal. but given what you know as a freedom fighter something i feel the reporting of what happened here in cam lance was exaggerated i stated that it was all very extreme right wing this. for me what took place wasn't just an extreme right wing event this is far from it i don't like

what's become of it was a 6 team of 5 candidates is image has been damaged. i promised us was a toss in that i didn't interest the media at the time and it doesn't interest anyone now i think it in the midst of seattle and it was a little hit skin. just ahead of the state elections the parties are making a last minute attempt to woo the vote is. that the social democrats stand nick talks with candidate how quickly they see this ken do you think that chemists really has a problem with racism or is it somewhat exaggerated is this what is your opinion. being viewed at hoover as a standard that says i think there's no german city that's free of racism i believe that we have a big problem with how we deal with racism which is only that there are cities for instance rostock in mecklenburg for palmer which had problems with it for

a very long time and also made negative headlines but they tackled it head on and that's happened when i get the feeling that i can mix people avoid the topic because it's uncomfortable when you know they're afraid it will harm them just to name it but this silence only makes things worse modesty's especially. that silence is expected to benefit one party the most the a.f.d. saxony is the right wing populist stronghold so they've also put up a stand down town the a.f.c. candidate he tells nick it's the foreigners not the neo nazis who are the problem. hello. i'm nick nick you are nick i'm stephanie i'm running for parliament. i thought how come it was kim that's i come from chemists was born and raised here what 3 main statements does the a.f.p. have for candidates of these if you came and disposable the biggest problem here in the city is with immigration and that's a given so you hear it from every citizen and they're also unsettled because we're

simply not used to that. type of life from east german times yes historically but but we had vietnamese cubans etc before going to trial right i know and that was good. but at the time they were in principle people who came here for professional training and then they went back home and took those skills with them and we have to look after our own people 1st those of work to pay taxes here 3 years on from what the family. during their discussion the a.f.d. stand is surrounded by demonstrators carrying brightly colored umbrellas it's a protest action to show that chemist's is a colorful and diverse place but the a if the members don't take the protest seriously the atmosphere is still quite relaxed yet the incident shows kenya's is divided. i'm sure i'm ok as i asked about him thanks for the talk there were some good arguments made but as i said

a few opinions that just don't fit with my world view and isn't my baby. nick kid c s he won't vote for the a.f.p. that much is clear but he's afraid that the right wing populist could triumph he longs for a chemist's that's governed by tolerance and respect the way opponents treat one another in martial arts. i thank you i tried i. thank i. i'm not laughing at them just sometimes but i said nothing that. makes me consider german culture looking at the stereotypes the question but if you think the future of the country that i'm not. yet needed seems to be taking this grandmother

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