Amy Mek
The deconstruction of Germany’s traditions continues in the name of ‘safety.’ Once symbols of festive joy, Germany’s Christmas markets have been transformed into fortresses surrounded by barricades, armed patrols, and invasive police searches. What was once a peaceful celebration of German heritage now reflects a nation under siege – a siege enabled by open borders and an imported culture of violence.
The New Reality: Knife Checks at Christmas Markets
In Ludwigshafen, Worms, and other cities in Rheinland-Pfalz, the police now roam Christmas markets carrying out arbitrary knife searches without any concern for people’s property or privacy. The reason? A nationwide tightening of weapons laws following knife attacks – most recently the deadly stabbing in Solingen. Under this new directive, anyone can be stopped and searched without probable cause. Police officers examine bags, frisk individuals, and confiscate even the smallest of tools, including something as innocuous as a Swiss Army knife.
The footage aired by Südwestrundfunk (SWR)—a state-funded mouthpiece propped up by Germany’s left-wing regime—is disturbingly banal, a chilling reflection of how propaganda is dressed up as everyday reporting. Officers confiscate a Swiss Army knife from a middle-aged German woman who insists she didn’t know it was in her bag. Instead of being met with understanding, she is issued a formal notice for a ‘crime,’ and her property is seized. The knife – once a practical tool carried by generations of Germans – is now treated as contraband.
The Purpose of the Police State
There is no justification for this crackdown other than to render Germans defenseless. Knife bans and invasive searches do not address the root of the problem: the mass migration that brought unprecedented violence to Germany. This violence is not random; it is imported, and much of it comes directly from Islamic ideology, which increasingly appears to be weaponized by the German government itself against the German people. Instead, the German state uses the very chaos it created to impose authoritarian controls on its own citizens.
When you dismantle national borders, you create micro-borders around everything that becomes a target for one group or another. Bollards surround formerly open squares, which are often now referred to by the public as “diversity barriers”. Patrols replace festive music. Police rifling through bags replace carefree shopping. The message is clear: Germans must trade their freedom, dignity, and traditions for the illusion of security.
Alice Weidel Speaks Out: “State Harasses Its Own Citizens”
Germany’s only conservative party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), soaring in popularity, has slammed the government’s response. Alice Weidel, the party’s leader, took to social media to condemn the state’s assault on its own people. Sharing a video of police harassing the older woman at a Christmas market, Weidel wrote: “Deliberate state failure at the borders leads to illegal immigration by countless knife-wielding attackers – and in response, the state harasses its own citizens. You couldn’t make this up!”
Vorsätzlicher staatlicher Kontrollverlust an den Grenzen führt zur illegalen Einwanderung zahlloser Messerstecher – und der Staat drangsaliert als Reaktion seine eigenen Bürger. Kannste dir nicht ausdenken! #DeshalbAfD #AfD pic.twitter.com/HQCPACGJGU
— Alice Weidel (@Alice_Weidel) December 17, 2024
Weidel’s scathing critique brings into focus the absurdity of the situation. Instead of addressing the true source of violence – the unchecked migration crisis and the weaponization of Islam against the German people – the government punishes its own citizens, stripping them of their dignity and right to any self-defense
The Dialectic of Control
This is not incompetence; it is by design. By importing a hostile culture, the German government created the conditions for chaos. The resulting violence justifies the erosion of rights and freedoms that were once sacrosanct. The dialectical method is simple: create a crisis, then use it to impose control.
The Ludwigshafen footage exposes the tragic state of the German people. Most individuals subjected to these searches comply without protest, their spirit seemingly broken. “I think it’s OK. It makes it safer,” says one interviewee, oblivious to the fact that the safety he praises exists only because of the danger his leaders imported. This video is government propaganda, designed to portray a compliant, subdued public while ignoring those who might demand probable cause or challenge these authoritarian searches. But it raises an alarming question: Has the German will to resist been shattered?
A War on German Identity
Germany’s Christmas markets are not just economic hubs or cultural traditions but symbols of German heritage. They represent a nation’s customs, values, and identity passed down through generations. Turning these peaceful gatherings into militarized zones is not about security – it is about submission and total negation of the tradition itself.
The confiscation of a Swiss Army knife is symbolic. It is not about safety; it is about control. The state’s harassment of its own citizens while failing to address Islamic violence is deliberate. Muslims were used to create a situation in which a friendly Christmas market, free of fear of Islam and police control, is now unthinkable.
Every barricade, every frisk, and every confiscated item is another step toward the erasure of German identity. Christmas markets once celebrated joy, community, and faith. Today, they are a reflection of a country that has surrendered to fear.
The silent majority can no longer afford to remain silent. They must reject the false choice between safety and freedom. They must demand secure borders, deportations of illegals, accountability for those who imported this chaos, and the restoration of their traditions without fear or compromise.
It is time to understand what the state is doing to Germans and Germany and to stand up, speak out, and reclaim what has been stolen.
RAIR Foundation
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