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One Funding Pool, Many Recipients: Omas gegen Rechts and the HateAid Network

The Omas Are Not the Problem. The Omas Are the Friendly Face. # Who the Omas Are # “Omas gegen Rechts” (Grandmas Against the Right) is one of Germany’s most sympathetic political movements. Founded in 2017 in Vienna by Monika Salzer, and in Germany in 2018/2019 by Anna Ohnweiler from Nagold. Older women standing up against right-wing extremism. Knitted hats, placards, rallies in wind and rain.