Overview

• Der Spiegel published excerpts from emails allegedly written by Matthias Helferich during his time in the Bonner Burschenschaft Frankonia, containing Nazi allusions, antisemitic slurs, and violent rhetoric.
• The emails reportedly include Helferich referring to himself as 'the friendly face of the NS' and using the N-word to describe a group he claimed had a 'genetic disposition to criminality.'
• One email features a rhyme about burning asylum centers, raising concerns about violent fantasies tied to extremist ideologies.
• Helferich denies writing or sending the emails, asserting that his accounts may have been hacked and the correspondence manipulated.
• The NRW-AfD has an ongoing expulsion process against Helferich, who recently joined the AfD Bundestag faction despite the allegations.