Author of new Weimar book says, stop comparing now to then (opens in new tab)

WaPo op-ed by Katja Hoyer, author of the new published this week. . ()References to Weimar and Nazi Germany are usually intended to warn...consider the German left-wing activists who turned up at a conference of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Saturday, adding a swastika made out of vegan mince to the breakfast buffet. Such words and gestures are intended to send a clear moral message: This policy or party is reminiscent of the Nazis, and therefore you mustn't support it....