These types of “quote” memes are created by using various techniques and they often end up not being real quotes, but rather a distorted representation of content. This significantly influences the formation of one's own opinion and undermines the meaning of actual quotes.

Our fact check on quotes from the following politicians:

Quote/statement: “We should not exploit attacks like the one in Paris as hatred of Islam, but rather accept them as a part of our lives in order not to endanger the integration of our Muslim fellow citizens.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: own research

Quote/Statement: “Political correctness belongs in the dustbin of history” 

Rating: Correct

Source: Süddeutsche

Quote/Statement: “I could easily imagine placing a German child in the hands of Muslim foster parents so that they are also familiar with other values.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: own research , dpa

Quote/statement: “The fact that [sic!] asylum seekers become criminals and even commit robbery under certain circumstances is [sic!] solely the fault of the Germans, because their willingness to donate leaves a lot to be desired.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Source: own research , Correctiv , AFP

Quote/Statement: “A discussion about the introduction of an integration tax is urgently needed if we want to continue to show solidarity.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Source: own research , AFP , dpa

Quote/Statement: “Gays in prison? We should do that in Germany too!”

Rating: Correct!

Source: south German

Quote/Statement: “The German youth are now called Mustafa, Giovanni and Ali!”

Rating: Taken out of context

Source: oezdemir , own research , dpa

Quote/Statement: “People will finally say goodbye to the illusion that Germany belongs to the Germans.”

Rating: Correct

Source: Corrective

Quote/statement: “Therefore, work should be done to ensure that this term (note: ethnic) has a positive connotation again.”

Rating: Correct

Sources: Welt , FAZ , Zeit

Quote/Statement: “We appeal to all people who want to get a pet, in the spirit of humanity, to perhaps consider taking in a refugee instead.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Source: own research , Correctiv

Quote/Statement: “The incidents at the Cologne train station can be seen as a cry for help from all refugees because they feel sexually excluded by German women.”  

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: Correctiv , own research , dpa

Quote/Statement: “On the German national day, the streets are drowning in a sea of ​​red Turkish flags and a few black, red and gold flags.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: own research , the West

Quote/Statement: “We, the Greens, must ensure that we bring as many foreigners to Germany as possible. If you are in Germany, we have to fight for your right to vote. Once we achieve that, we will have the share of votes we need to transform this republic.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: own research , Correctiv , dpa , Tagesschau

Quote/Statement: “Our censorship policy on the Internet is in no way directed against freedom of expression, but rather it merely serves to educate citizens to project their thoughts in the direction that also corresponds to state guidelines.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: own research , dpa

Quote/Statement: “By virtue of my office as Minister of Justice, I will bring anyone who votes for the AfD to justice.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Source: own research

Quote/Statement: “We have to give the term concentration camp a positive meaning again.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Source: own research

Quote/Statement: “Germany must be inserted from the outside and heterogenized, so to speak diluted, from the inside through influx.” 

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: Braunschweiger Zeitung , dpa , Correctiv , own research

Quote/Statement: “The world would simply have to kill German heroes like rabid dogs.”   

Rating: Correct

Source: Correctiv , dpa , Frankfurt city newspaper

Quote/Statement: “Germany is a problem because the Germans are more hard-working, more disciplined and more talented than the rest of Europe. This will always lead to imbalances. But this can be counteracted by diverting as much money as possible out of Germany. It doesn't matter what it is for, it can also be radically wasted - the main thing is that the Germans don't have it. The world is already saved.”

Assessment: There is no clear evidence as to where the statement actually came from

Sources: own research , Correctiv

Quote/Statement: “It’s not about right or wrong in the immigration debate, we’re primarily concerned with reducing the German population in this country.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Source: DPA , Correctiv , Braunschweiger Zeitung

Quote/Statement: “Modesty when disposing of people is inappropriate”

Rating: Correct

Source: derwesten


Quote/Statement: “The sexual assaults in Schorndorf can by no means be excused, but they show a cry for help from the refugees because their feelings are not respected enough by German women.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: BR24 , own research

Quote/Statement: “Of course Islam belongs to Germany, and of course Muslims belong to Germany. And I think we can be pretty happy about that. It would be very boring if we only had to deal with ourselves.”

Rating: Correct

Sources: rbb , Correctiv , dpa

Quote/statement: “30 percent of children and young people today already have a migration background, and I haven’t counted the Ossis yet.”

Rating: Correct

Sources: own research , Correctiv

Quote/Statement: “Just because someone is raped, robbed or is a serious criminal is not a reason for deportation. Instead, we should take care of him and accept him as he is.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: own research, Bause statement via Facebook

Quote/Statement: “I wish Germany had been completely bombed in World War II. This country has no right to exist.”

Rating: Correct

Source: own research

Quote/Statement: “Antifa? Off to the concentration camp!”

Rating: Correct! the people's verpetzer has saved a screenshot from Twitter showing how a user named "Mirkofuerde" (@mirko1a) apparently reacted to a post from the newspaper Neues Deutschland. The answer is: “Deport Antifa to Buchenwald. Work instead of left-wing terror.” Although the original quote “Antifa? Off to the concentration camp!” differs slightly, the meaning remains the same.

Source: Volksverpetzer

Quote/Statement: “Migration is a fact in Frankfurt. If you don’t like that, you’ll have to move somewhere else.”

Rating: Correct

Source: Corrective

Quote/Statement: “Anyone who is against the building of mosques should leave Germany!”

Rating: fictitious / false

Source: Corrective

Quote/Statement: “In the perpetrator’s homeland, women who are raped are sentenced to death. That's why he had to kill her after raping her. We need to understand these cultural differences.”

Rating: False / this person doesn't exist. Not only was the statement invented here, but also the person behind it.

Sources: dpa , own research

Quote/statement: “Integration begins with you as a German learning Turkish.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Sources: Correctiv , own research

Quote/Statement: “I always found love for the fatherland sickening. I never knew what to do with Germany and still don’t know today.”

Rating: Correct

Sources: Tagesspiegel , own research , reading sample of the book “Patriotism: a left-wing plea” , Wikiquote

Quote/Statement: “At some point I will take a broom and sweep all the white people out of Africa.”

Rating: Correct

Source: own research , Twitter (archived)

Quote/Statement: “Racism against Germans is right and important”

Rating: partially correct

Sources: own research , Twitter

Quote/Statement: “I wanted France to reach as far as the Elbe and Poland to border directly on France.”

Rating: partly wrong

Source: Correctiv , German Bundestag

Quote/Statement: “It’s a good thing that we Germans will soon be in the minority”

Rating: False / Statement was twisted

Source: Correctiv , dpa , own research , Zeit , YouTube

Quote/Statement: “Islam is German.”

Rating: fictitious / false

Source: own research


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