Simson Heir Resists Co-Optation by AfD

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Björn Höcke and Ulrich Siegmund regularly invite the GDR cult-mopeds to leave. The descendant of the Jewish Samson family wants to prevent this. The goal is "that the AfD must destroy all posters, T-shirts and advertising materials with which they abuse our name".

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Dennis Baum, spokesman and heir of the Simson family of entrepreneurs, is fighting back against the AfD's appropriation of the Simson moped brand ahead of the elections in eastern Germany. "We find any association with the AfD repulsive and an insult to our family name," Baum told the "Im Osten" podcast of the "Tagesspiegel" (Thursday). "Our goal is for the AfD to destroy all posters, T-shirts, and advertising materials with which they misuse ou…