“There is too much focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that,” he added at the rally in the eastern German city of Halle.
“Failing to do so is an insult to the victims of Nazism and a clear danger to the democratic future of Germany,” he added.
Moving past guilt over the atrocities of Germany’s Nazi era is a key pillar of the AfD’s platform.
The AfD denies being extremist, although its leaders have said that Germany should stop apologizing for the Holocaust and the Third Reich.
In his own attempt to downplay the allegations, Musk posted a joke referencing names of prominent Nazi leaders on X, also sparking a backlash.
The ADL’s chief executive, Jonathan Greenblatt, responded on the same platform saying that “the Holocaust is not a joke.”.
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, in Berlin prior to a live discussion with Elon Musk on X on Jan. 9. »
