#VerräterDuell
#VerräterDuell means TraitorDuel in English. The campaign was developed by people in the group Reconquista Germania (RG), and carried out on Twitter during the 2017 German elections. Using memes and illustrations as xenophobic messages, trolls attacked the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD). The other intention was to promote Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right political party in Germany. The extreme-right party AfD ended up entering the German parliament as the third largest party. RG had actively promoted AfD’s views on social media, by asking its users to share memes and related content. The group’s creator, Nikolai Alexander, a far-right activist, was spreading far-right views since November 2013. Over these years of spreading views on Google Plus, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, Alexander has become strategic in conducting his meme campaigns. During the 2017 German elections he was making meme campaigns on Discord, and teaching other users on RG.