Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany

Political party in Germany

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2024 Poggenburg endorses the Freie Sachsen (Free Saxons) for the Saxony state election, effectively abandoning his own party.
2020 The party ceases staging public events and is reduced to only 45 registered members.
September 2019 In the Saxony state election, the party receives only 0.2% of votes cast, further confirming its weak political standing.
August 2019 At the party congress, Poggenburg proposes dissolving the party and rejoining the Alternative for Germany (AfD), but the vote is rejected.
May 2019 The party participates in local elections in Saxony, receiving 0.6% of votes in Zwickau district and 0.4% in Meißen district, demonstrating very poor electoral performance.
January 11 2019 Andreas Poggenburg publicly unveils the Awakening of German Patriots (Aufbruch deutscher Patrioten) political party, immediately facing criticism for using the Cornflower symbol with historical nationalist associations.
2018 Andreas Poggenburg, leader of the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt branch, was reprimanded by AfD party leadership for sending a 'Germany for Germans' message to party members via WhatsApp.
2018 Poggenburg resigned from the AfD party after being censured for making derogatory comments about German Turks, calling them 'camel drivers' and 'caraway seed traders' in a speech to party supporters.

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