Monday, July 27, 2020

Polish communities calling for investigation into alleged right-wing extremist activity in Cape Breton

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SYDNEY — The Atlantic Canada District of the Canadian Polish Congress is asking Nova Scotia's attorney general to look into an alleged plan by some far right ideologists to create a "colony" of "like-minded" Germans in Cape Breton.

"Our community is very concerned about reports emanating from Der Spiegel and picked up by mainstream Canadian media about far-right extremists organizing to purchase properties in Cape Breton," chair Tom Urbaniak wrote in the letter, which was sent to Nova Scotia Justice Minister Mark Furey on Saturday.

News of the alleged plan was first published last week by Der Spiegel, one of Germany's most popular political magazines, before being picked up by other media there and in Canada.

The article names former German television newscaster Eva Herman, her partner Andreas Popp and Frank Eckhardt as three German nationals living in Cape Breton who are connected with the plan.

Herman and Popp have said the article isn't accurate in a statement on Herman's website, posted in German and English. A portion of their statement appears in the Cape Breton Post today. The full version is available on our website.

A request for comment emailed to F.E. Property Sales wasn't returned by publication time.

It is alleged Popp and Herman use week-long seminars at different venues in Cape Breton hosted by Knowledge Factory (Wissensmanufaktur), an organization founded by Popp about 15 years ago to bring right-winged thinkers together, to do this along with the help of Cape Breton Real Solutions.  (more...)


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