PEGIDA leader Kathrin Oertel resigns one week after founder quits
Source: Reuters
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 12:53 PM ET
German anti-Islam movement PEGIDA looked in disarray on Wednesday, losing its second leader in a week when Kathrin Oertel, who took over after the founder quit for posing as Hitler, also resigned, and the group cancelled its next rally.
The Dresden-based group, whose weekly marches in the city have rattled the German political establishment, announced on its Facebook page that Oertel and another board member were stepping down, due to threats, hostility and media hounding.
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PEGIDA said Oertel had quit "due to the massive hostility, threats and career disadvantages", adding: "Even the strongest of women has to take time out when at night photographers and other strange figures are sneaking around outside her house."
Another board member faced massive problems because his business had lost public contracts, PEGIDA said, adding its cause remained "good and just". German Chancellor Angela Merkel had warned people not to be manipulated by the group, cautioning some of its members have "hatred in their hearts".
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