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Brandenburg Backs Principal Who Blocked AfD Internship After Online Death Threats

Officials cite the state's extremist designation of the AfD to justify the refusal.

Overview

  • The Grace-Hopper Comprehensive School in Teltow barred a 10th grader from taking a second internship with the AfD Landtag group.
  • After the AfD publicized the case, the principal was targeted with abuse and explicit death threats, and the school supervision alerted police.
  • The education ministry said the decision was within the school's authority and pedagogically justified by the Verfassungsschutz assessment of the AfD in Brandenburg.
  • Officials indicated they may pursue legal action against defamatory or threatening online statements.
  • The AfD calls the move indoctrination and is challenging the extremist classification in court, while an education expert defended the principal's protective duty toward students.