Brandenburg AfD is no longer allowed to play the deportation song

The Brandenburg AfD is no longer allowed to play the so-called deportation song. According to information from the German Press Agency, the regional association issued a cease and desist declaration and a declaration of commitment. The state chairman René Springer informed the members about this. The news portal t-online previously reported on it.

In order to avoid future contractual penalties, “we are obliged to refrain from combining, reproducing, publicly reproducing, publicly performing the text of the “deportation song” in question, parts or modifications of it with the composition “That’s going on” or with film works Springer said in the letter on Monday.

Young AfD supporters sing deportation song

The party’s youth organization used an AI-created version of the song with nationalist lyrics during the election campaign in Brandenburg. It said, among other things, “Hey, what’s going on/We’re deporting them all”. At an AfD election party in Potsdam, several guests sang along, which was filmed by press representatives.

Springer now wrote that a law firm had asked the regional association to submit a binding cease-and-desist declaration that was punishable by penalty. In the event of a violation of such a declaration, severe contractual penalties would be due.

Warning of legal costs

In the worst case, legal costs estimated at up to 36,000 euros would be incurred, the state chief warned. In the event of violations, “in the worst case scenario, the regional association would have to hold harmless the members involved.”

At the time, the AfD leadership considered the song to be unproblematic. After the election party, state leader Springer said that this behavior by members of the Junge Alternative was relatively harmless compared to the demands of the SPD party youth regarding abortions. The song was part of the election campaign of the youth organization Junge Alternative. Federal Chairman Tino Chrupalla said that young people “have a right to celebrate wildly”.

The police then investigated the case and the Atzen spoke out against the misuse of their song in an Instagram statement. The day after the party they wrote: “The only ones who are allowed to rewrite our song are the Hertha BSC Ostkurve and Spongebob.”