Overview
- The AfD launched Generation Deutschland at a congress in Gießen after the Junge Alternative dissolved in March.
- Schleswig-Holstein official Kevin Dorow, speaking during a board bid, quoted "Youth must be led by youth" and called the principle a guiding star, a line documented in Hitler Youth usage.
- The Gießen prosecutor is examining the statement for possible criminal relevance, and no charging decision has been announced.
- Der Spiegel reported the inquiry and noted the phrase’s roots in the Bündische Jugend before its later adoption by Nazi youth organizations.
- Björn Höcke had used the same wording earlier and maintains it is not Nazi in origin, while he has twice been fined by the Halle court for other Nazi-era slogans; Generation Deutschland chair Jean-Pascal Hohm rejected extremism but did not address Dorow’s remark.