Ulrich Siegmund Essay in Süddeutsche Zeitung Critiques AfD's "Kulturfremd" Concept

Ulrich Siegmund's essay "Die Lüge der Zukurzgekommenen," published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, attacks the AfD's use of the term "kulturfremd" to designate people it wants removed from Germany. The piece argues that the party's ideologues, who reduce cultural identity to Bratwürste and Ressentiment, may themselves possess little cultural substance. Siegmund frames the AfD's cultural politics as a lie of the shortchanged — a projection by those who feel deprived. The essay appears in the newspaper's culture section, positioning the debate within Germany's ongoing argument over migration, national identity, and cultural belonging.