Markus Söder stands by Hubert Aiwanger after he apologies for flyer found in his school satchel in the 1980s
The leader of Germany’s powerful state of Bavaria has said he will not dismiss his deputy despitewhich he admitted having carried in his school satchel as a teenager.
Aiwanger had made serious mistakes in his youth, but he had credibly distanced himself from them and apologised, Söder said. Nor was there any proof that Aiwanger had created or distributed the leaflet, he said.The document proposed a satirical quiz on “the biggest fatherland traitor” and offered a prize of “a free trip through the chimney in Auschwitz”.
“Hence my serious and well-intentioned advice: Even if all this is a long time ago, it is important to show remorse and humility,” he said.The leaflet came to light after annewspaper. Aiwanger’s older brother stepped in to say he had been the author of the flyer shortly after its publication.
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