德国选择党(AfD)在即将于9月6日举行的萨克森-安哈尔特州选举中可能获得绝对多数[1]。该党的文化政策纲领威胁要削减对所谓"反德国艺术"的公共资金[1]。AfD文化政策发言人Hans-Thomas Tillschneider声称："我们在政府纲领中宣布，我们不再打算将公共资金用于推广反德国艺术"[1]。该党要求获得国家资助的艺术家和机构签署声明，承诺"不蔑视德国及其文化"[1]。
AfD将现代主义文化机构作为重点打击对象，特别针对包豪斯等机构[1]，并推出用"德国思维"(deutschdenken)替代"现代思维"(moderndenken)的宣传活动[1]。包豪斯基金会主任Barbara Steiner指出，AfD对包豪斯的批评来自百年之前，"他们的措辞与当时类似"[1]。值得注意的是，AfD的"deutschdenken"标语源自1938年希特勒的演讲[1]。
多家文化机构联合发表声明强调："从更广阔的视角看，我们发现艺术文化几个世纪以来一直自由存在，不知国界之分"[1]。
Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is positioning itself to potentially secure an absolute majority in Saxony-Anhalt's state election scheduled for September 6, 2026.[1] As part of its cultural agenda, the party has outlined plans to eliminate public funding for what it characterizes as "anti-German art," demanding that publicly subsidized artists and institutions sign declarations pledging not to "despise Germany and its culture."[1]
The AfD has singled out modernist cultural institutions, including the Bauhaus Foundation, as particular targets. Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, the party's cultural policy spokesperson, stated: "We declared in our government program that we no longer intend to spend public funds on promoting anti-German art."[1] The party further defined this category, claiming that "anti-German art is German art that doesn't want to be German."[1] The AfD's cultural campaign promotes "deutschdenken" (German thinking) as a replacement for what it calls "moderndenken" (modern thinking), while simultaneously questioning Germany's approach to reflecting on its Nazi history.[1]
The party's messaging has drawn criticism from cultural institutions and historical observers. Barbara Steiner, director of the Bauhaus Foundation, noted that "The AfD's criticism of Bauhaus picks up on criticism from 100 years ago; their wording is similar."[1] A coalition of cultural institutions issued a joint statement emphasizing that "If we look at the bigger picture, we see that culture and art have been free for centuries and have known no boundaries — not even national ones."[1] The "deutschdenken" slogan traces its origins to a 1938 Hitler speech.[1]