Due to the refugee crisis ultra- right extremism gained momentum. At this time however the social climate started to change. 'From Hitler and Colonialism to an open society ' was the title of my lecture at Harvard University at March 10th, 2016. We were both proud to represent a country on its way to become an open society. Due to the German history 2 MPs with an African background voted for German parliament seemed to be a big issue for newspapers and TV stations around the world- check link new york times. When Karamba Diaby and me entered German Bundestag at 2013 I was the first 6 weeks just busy giving interviews to the international press.
