The speaker for the AfD in Bremen, Frank Magnitz, was attacked by a “leftist” and severely injured according to a report:

Frank Magnitz was on the way back from a reception in the Bremen Kunsthalle when he was attacked by unknown persons. The AfD politician is apparently seriously injured.

Frank Magnitz was on the way back from a reception in the Bremen Kunsthalle when he was attacked by unknown persons. The AfD politician is apparently seriously injured.

The member of parliament and state chairman of the AfD Bremen, Frank Magnitz, has been attacked and injured by police. The incident had occurred on Monday afternoon in the area of ​​the theater on Goetheplatz, the police said Bremen.

Magnitz is said to have been a guest in the nearby Kunsthalle at the New Year’s reception of the “Weser-Kurier”, the paper reports. On the way back, according to the AfD national association, three masked persons attacked him, knocked him unconscious with a squared timber and then kicked him on the ground against the head.

A construction worker had intervened and prevented worse. Magnitz was hospitalized with serious injuries. The party posted a photo on Facebook, which is to show the politician with wounds on the head in a hospital bed. Police assume a politically motivated act because of Magnitz’s function. The police state protection and the public prosecutor’s office Bremen have taken up investigations.

The police are urgently looking for witnesses who can call 0421 362-3888. Magnitz himself and his office were initially not available in the evening. (source, source)

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A far-right German politician has been left for dead in brutal attack, his party has said.

Frank Magnitz, chairman of Germany’s AfD party, was badly beaten by three alleged assailants on Monday.

He is believed to have been jumped after leaving a New Year’s reception in Frankfurt’s Goethe Square.

Graphic images posted on the AfD Bremen Facebook page showed Magnitz lying in a hospital bed with a gaping head wound.

Describing the attack as a ‘politically-motivated attempted assassination’, the AfD said Magnitz was knocked unconscious and suffered a number of blows to the head.

A far-right German politician has been left for dead in brutal attack, his party has said.

Frank Magnitz, chairman of Germany’s AfD party, was badly beaten by three alleged assailants on Monday.

He is believed to have been jumped after leaving a New Year’s reception in Frankfurt’s Goethe Square.

Graphic images posted on the AfD Bremen Facebook page showed Magnitz lying in a hospital bed with a gaping head wound.

Describing the attack as a ‘politically-motivated attempted assassination’, the AfD said Magnitz was knocked unconscious and suffered a number of blows to the head. (source, source)

It will be interesting and important to watch his progress, especially if he dies.

In February 2017, I warned that martyrdom for nationalist politics will be important to watch because there is a historical precedent for this in Germany.

So far, there have been no serious candidates for this martyr, although certainly there were potential ones in the US given the rise of the nationalist movement. While the same potential still exists in the US, this will be of greater significance in Europe as it is there that the movements that will shape the world will come from.

I do not wish his death or that of others. What I warn is that if he does die, it could have greater implications for the nationalist movement in Germany. Horst Wessel was a popular figure in the Nazi party but a comparatively unknown figure outside of it, yet it was his death that propelled him to public knowledge and memory and which was used for extensive propaganda purposes.

It is another reason why in this time, one must be very careful about imparting status to any public figure. Consider the recent incident with US Senator Lindsey Graham, who was heavily lauded for his stance supporting Trump nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The fact that Graham’s entire political past was ignored, along with his highly questionable behaviors and views, simply because he supported a certain position that was considered expedient at the time. He went from being known and relatively ignored to instant fame.

This is the danger with such individuals promoted by political movements, as they will be immortalized for a particular cause while the rest of their life is ignored. Such was what happened with Horst Wessel, for the man was not a good person, but he was made into one for “the cause.”

Even if he is not turned into a “martyr,” the potential for such a martyr still exists and will become more likely as the fighting between the different political factions intensifies and eventually gives way to a more open conflict. It will be something to watch for in the years to come and to keep track of, as it will be another sign marking the road to conflict.