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Berlin. The car of the AfD-politician Frauke Petry is in the night of Saturday to a total loss. Unknown persons have the vehicle in Leipzig set on fire. According to the police, the car was completely burned down. "we go in a moment of arson." The traces of Backup was turned on. Not the first arson against AfD politicians a letter of confession or a reference to the possible perpetrators there is so far not yet. (Best I can do with the German)

Frauke Petry, one of the two main leaders of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party, says the racist word “völkisch” should be destigmatized. The term has heavy Nazi connotations. […] Duden, the German dictionary of record, defines "völkisch" as follows: (National Socialist) (in the ideology of National Socialism), concerning a people as a purported race; of or belonging to a people as a purported race(obsolete) national. “It’s unacceptable to reduce the word ‘völkisch’ to ‘racist,’” Petry said. “I myself don’t use the term, but I have a problem with the negative connotations of the concept ‘völkisch’ being extended to the...

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has just five years to sort out its many problems before it should be eradicated, a rising German politician has declared. Ms Petry said Britain’s historic decision to leave the EU last month should be an inspiration for other countries across the continent - with an increasing number of people in Germany now favouring their own exit. She said: “I think we must finally set a deadline for the EU or all EU governments: if we don’t achieve any radical reforms in five years, then the question will also be raised in Germany.” Ms Petry’s party...

In the current tussle for the future of Germany, Frauke Petry is what you might call the anti-Angela Merkel. Where Ms. Merkel, the chancellor, has welcomed refugees, Ms. Petry, a rising far-right leader, has said border guards might need to turn guns on anyone crossing a frontier illegally.

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2011 – President Barack Obama today awarded the country’s highest military honor to Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry, an Army Ranger who was shot in both legs and had his hand blown off while saving his fellow soldiers during a firefight in Afghanistan. Army Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry received the Medal of Honor at a July 12, 2011, White House ceremony for conspicuous gallantry in combat. U.S. Army photo   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Petry became only the second living veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the award,...

When Army Sergeant First Class Leroy A. Petry receives the Medal of Honor from President Obama next month, the Santa Fe resident will have to make sure the batteries are recharged for the prosthetic right hand he extends to friends and strangers alike. Although custom prohibits medal winners from speaking publicly in advance of their receipt of the honor, three of Petry’s Army Ranger comrades held a news conference in Seattle Thursday to recount his extraordinary heroism and selfless sacrifice in the line of duty.