“North Rhine-Westphalia for coloring” – a coloring book attributed to the AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia is shocking people on social media.

On Monday evening (February 17, 2020) a citizens' dialogue took place in the Krefeld Seidenweberhaus. According to media reports, coloring books were distributed by the AfD at this event and were said to contain racist motifs.

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The coloring book is entitled “North Rhine-Westphalia for Coloring” and is a book by “Roberto Obscuro”. From the outside it is decorated in the state colors of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia; from the inside you can see various motifs that use certain framing.

There is, among other things, a swimming pool scene that alludes to assault with knife motifs or groping bathing scenes. An essential part of the discussion about the images is people's headgear.

On another page there is a picture in which several vehicles and people can be seen. The vehicles bear crescent symbols, the people in the picture have weapons in their hands and, in several cases, wear a fez and mustaches. A veiled person can also be seen.

Coloring book is not fake

You often see false flag campaigns on social media that are intended to accuse a party of something that wasn't the case at all. But in this case there has already been a statement from the press spokesman for Markus Wagner (AfD parliamentary group leader in the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament) to the Westdeutsche Zeitung. It reads : “Absurd attack on freedom of satire”.

Lars Wienand also describes the AfD's reactions to inquiries on the Watson.ch website: Here you learn that it is supposed to be satire. According to the AfD, they are “humorous drawings”.

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to ZEIT that states that it is an “art book with satirical sketches on the situation in the country” that is intended for adults (compare). Lars Wienand, in turn, doubts this statement in the article on Watson.ch, as the foreword to the book says “Dear children”.

The coloring book and the swimming caps

In addition to various framing representations ( flying carpet and sabers at Cologne Cathedral, crescent flags and firearms), the image in the outdoor swimming pool is particularly the subject of discussion.

This is about the drawing of the people in the swimming pool, who are shown “groping”, but who also hold onto bikini tops or whose surroundings also appear bikini bottoms. On the one hand, these people are interpreted as black people with bones in their hair, while the AfD, on the other hand, speaks of “swimming caps of Central European women”.

State security is investigating

The current status is: State security is investigating charges of sedition. The public prosecutor's office is also examining the matter. The police received several reports on Monday evening.

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