Sexism blocks a proposal to honour Carl Hahn Jr in Chemnitz

Wokism is a progressive social cancer that is destroying western society in a phony effort to 'promote equity.' For more than a century western societies have made huge strides to address social prejudices and inequalities. Racism, the belief that one race is better is than another, has largely been stamped out. Sexism, the belief that one sex is better than the other, has similarly been eradicated. However, once all people were deemed to be 'equal' regardless of race, sex, religion, political beliefs and even sexual behaviour, the activists - having lost their reason d'etre - now demand that special priviliges be granted on the basis of race, sex, religion, etc. Now, in the name of 'equity' (note they don't use the word equality any longer as equality is clearly defined as fair and equal treatment - which they do not want) they want women to be elevated and men to oppressed. A person's actual achievements are no longer important. What is important now is their status in the privilige hierarchy. So, a man like Carl Hahn, who achieved a great deal in his life, becoming the head of Volkswagen Group, one of the largest automotive concerns in the world. who did not forget his home city of Chemnitz while living in exile in West Germany, fed contracts to the nationalised IFA Audiwerkes factory in Chemnitz in order to keep the business afloat. After the fall of the wall, he ensured that VW established a major automobile plant in the town, saving tens of thousands of people from unemployment and destitution. He ensured that Chemnitz remained an automobile city, true to its heritage. Having delivered practical benefits to the city, he was awarded honorary citizenship by the city council during his lifetime. Following his passing in January, a group recommended he be awarded a plaque at the Red Tower, where many other son's of the city were honoured. This was a private initiative undertaken at their cost. A request for that a street or square be named after him was independently proposed, but the city's women's affairs representative advised this could not be considered because the city has passed a rule that only women may be so honoured, due to the imbalance of 30 men having received this honour against only 9 women. It is a despicable shame that a person's contribution to society can be dismissed solely on the basis of sexism.


Inititative to honour former VW Manager Carl Hahn
By Michael Muller

The recently passed honorary citizen of Chemnitz is to be honored, among other things, among the "Great of Chemnitz" with a commemorative plaque on the red tower. However, the plan is at risk.

Chemnitz - For the former VW manager and honorary son of Chemnitz, Carl Hahn, who died in January, there will soon be a memorial event in his native city. This is a joint initiative of the representatives of the Rotary Club Chemnitz, who were personally connected to Hahn, the private school operator, Saxony International School (Glauchau) and the Chemnitz software company Community4you.

In addition, Hahn of the red tower, who was born in Chemnitz in 1926, is to be honored with a commemorative plaque as one of the "Great of Chemnitz", like a number of other great sons and daughters of the city in recent years. "The plaque will be handed over to the monument on the Open Day September", is the plan of those proposing this initiative.

Although the son of the former Auto-Union boss, Carl Hahn Sr, had followed his family to the West shortly after the end of the Second World War, Carl Hahn Jr maintained contacts in the region to the end of his life. As head of the VW board, he agreed in the mid-1989s that VW engines should be manufactured in Karl-Marx-Stadt. After 1990, Saxony became the Group's new car production site with a vehicle plant in Mosel near Zwickau.

Mayor Sven Schulze likes the initiative. "Carl Hahn's support for the automotive location Chemnitz was not a matter of course and should be appreciated," he said. For him, Hahn was "a truly exemplary personality who combined entrepreneurial success with social responsibility. An important man who always remained close to his hometown."

"What is by no means possible, however, is naming a street or a square after Carl Hahn," emphasizes Pia Hamann, the city’s representative for women. On the occasion of a corresponding application by the AfD [to name a street or square after Hahn], which was apparently launched unilaterally, she referred to a council decision in the 2017. According to this, women should be given preference when naming streets in Chemnitz, as they have so far been significantly underrepresented. "I assume that this regulation also applies to squares," said Hamann. In the opinion of the women's representative, such a request should not be up for debate in schools either. "Currently 30 males and only nine females have been named," says Hamann.