ERFURT,GERMANY- MAY 01: Omas gegen Rechts (Grannies against the right) at the May Day protest organised by the German Trade Union Confederation and Left Wing Alliance in Erfurt, Thuringia to demonstrate against the AfD&lsquo;s Bj&ouml;rn Hoche and his fledgling splinter group &#39; Fl&uuml;gel&#39; in 2019. The initiative Omas gegen Rechts was founded in Vienna in 2017 by journalist Susanne Scholl and Monika Salzer, a retired pastor. Salzer said that it was in response to the coalition of the Austrian People&#39;s Party and the Freedom Party of Austria during the first Kurz government. A German initiative of Omas Gegen Rechts was founded in 2018 initiated by former teacher Anna Ohnweiler. (Photo by Craig