Benigna Amir is very calm. This is worth noting because, on the one hand, the 17-Year-old has been chosen a few days ago, the Nuremberg Christ child, a role which she will embody two years. In doing so, you will open including the world-famous Nuremberg Christmas market. That in itself is exciting enough, but on the other hand, the student has also experienced how different the reactions to your choice can fail.
Specifically a racist comment on the Internet from the AfD-Kreisverband München-country triggered a wave of indignation and solidarity. Under a picture of the 17-Year-old stood there: “Nuremberg, a new Christian child. One day it will go like the Indians.” Benigna Munsis father is from India, the agitation was aimed at their appearance.
“I’m fine,” she says on Sunday in Nuremberg, together with the Lord mayor Ulrich Maly and her parents, she gives a press conference. The city has invited the interest of the media in the past few days, simply too big.
Benigna Amir with her father, Kausik (left), the Nuremberg Lord mayor Ulrich Maly and her mother, Teresa-Benedicta. Image: Keystone/Nicolas Armer
more journalists would have been interested at the time for polar bear baby Flocke, says Maly. So a public appearance, even if it is really only “a few stupid reactions”. But maybe the time is over, that you could leave such ugly comments uncommented past, says Maly. The AfD deleted the Post after a while, the County Chairman has apologized. The contribution had been powerful posted, and does not correspond to the values of the AfD.
Actually, it says Benigna Amir, it was not especially surprised by the racist reaction, so that you have expected. To not take heart of this, but apparently, “the joy is no less,” she says. And that she was very surprised by the positive feedback.
1600 Internet users put themselves in the shortest possible time behind you. “Honey, storm, candy storm, love storm”, all of the concepts you’ve learned in the past few days only. About the Hetzer’s lines, she’s not big thoughts. “I’m sorry for the people that go with this point of view, by the world,” she says.
The young woman looks tidy, she laughs in the round, it is good to understand why the 13-member Jury decided last Wednesday, unanimously voted for the 17-Year-old.
in addition to Benigna Amir five other Nuremberg applied to the inside of the Post. Image: Keystone/Daniel Karmann
The parents to sit next to her, Theresa-Benedicta of Small-Amir had feared that such reactions could come to your daughter, she says. When the children were small, haven’t you heard more sentences, “which were so beautiful”. Seriously, you should not take the. “Our kids are prepared for it,” she says.
Kausik Amir a, however, was not a bad experience. Since he came to Germany to study, he was always welcomed with open arms. “I have had my best time here.” He has been for many years, the German nationality, “I feel totally German”. The solidarity with his daughter gave him the creeps.
Even politicians jumped to her side, such as Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), described the agitation as a shabby and Bavaria’s interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU), saw this “Face of racism” the attitude of the AfD.
Nuremberg’s Lord mayor is delighted that a lot of people on the Internet had shown attitude. “Maybe this is normal and we have forgotten it.” Now he hope that the excitement and the Christ child could return to the core business: The Christmas market is, on the 29. November will open Benigna Amir with the prologue from the gallery of the Frauenkirche.
Munsis predecessor at the ceremonial opening of the Nuremberg Christmas market in 2018. Photo: Keystone/Daniel Karmann
“I don’t want to be a Christian child, since I believe in the Christ child,” she says. You can recall the fascination as a three year old, as you listened to the Christ child and all the people quietly were. And to the delight of the old people’s home residents, which she observed during a visit of the Christ child, when she accompanied the age of 13 an advent afternoon with the choir of their parish. The white-and-gold dress Benigna Amir is wearing, as all the Christian children – a blond wig. It has to remain.
“I would want the figure, not rummäkeln,” says the Lord mayor to feast the Christ child is enshrined in Nuremberg, Germany. Since 1969, there is chosen, before they were Actresses. A young woman should be, resident in Nuremberg, at least 1.60 meters tall and vertigo. In addition, warm, open, and resilient. Of hair color, and pedigree nothing is there.
Created: 04.11.2019, 17:22 PM
