Pegida founder under fire over alleged posing as Adolf Hitler

Lutz Bachmann deleted Facebook profile after newspaper contacted him about posts

Tue, Jan 20, 2015, 17:52 Updated: Tue, Jan 20, 2015, 18:05

Derek Scally

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Lutz Bachmann deleted his Facebook profile after Dresden’s Morgenpost newspaper contacted him about posts allegedly showing him posing as Adolf Hitler.

Pegida founder Lutz Bachmann has come under fire for allegedly describing immigrants as “cattle” and “garbage” on Facebook and posting a picture of himself as Adolf Hitler.

The 41-year-old graphic designer, who has multiple convictions for burglary and drug possession, deleted his Facebook profile after Dresden’s Morgenpost newspaper contacted him about the posts.

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