Again SS-Scandal Around FPÖ

According to a "Profil" report on Tuesday, next to the so-called "Irminsul", an early medieval sanctuary, which was also considered a sign of the "SS Ancestral Heritage", a widely quoted phrase from far-right circles was also printed on the obituary of former FPÖ regional councilor Hans-Jörg Schimanek.

SS Symbol on FPÖ Schimanek's Obituary a "Counter-Symbol to the Christian Cross"

"...and the deeds of the dead live forever", it said there - according to the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (DÖW), the phrase comes from the Edda, probably from the 13th century, where stories of Germanic gods and heroes can be found. National Socialists often appropriated the songs and prose. The phrase was used to portray fallen soldiers as heroes and justify the wars of the Nazi regime.

Behind it was an "Irminsul", a "counter-symbol to the Christian cross", according to the news magazine. The Irminsul was also considered a symbol of the SS research institution "German Ancestral Heritage", also called "SS Ancestral Heritage". The institution was significantly involved in the art theft of the National Socialists or conducted brutal human experiments in concentration camps.

Schimanek was the first FPÖ regional councilor in Lower Austria from 1993 to 1999, a member of the state parliament until 2000, and also the state party chairman of the FPÖ Lower Austria from 1998 to 2000. He was expelled from the party in 2005. At that time, Schimanek was serving as district chairman for the Krems-Land district. He then joined the BZÖ. In the national elections in September 2024, he ran again for the FPÖ in 70th place.

(APA/Red)

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