Veterans of the German anti-fascist movement, the "Omas Gegen Rechts", or "Grannies Against The Right", have ramped up their demonstrations ahead of the federal election on February 23, with the far-right AfD party performing well in the polls.
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00:00Thank you very much for being all here!
00:27The grandmothers against the right are actually very important.
00:32They are older people, who probably already lived in the past, up to 45.
00:37Some of them are really very old.
00:39And they simply stand up for human rights, against racism, against discrimination, against human hostility.
00:47And I think that's very important and also worth supporting.
00:49We know where races were and feelings of superiority can lead.
01:00We owe the victims of the Holocaust our memories, our memories.
01:06We were too naive.
01:09So I have to say, my generation, we, the so-called old 68ers,
01:14who went to the streets and barricades against the old establishment,
01:20against the Nazi and fascist establishment,
01:23we thought we had eradicated it.
01:26But that's not true, it's growing again.
01:44Our bodies, broken thick legs.