FPÖ politician Walter Rosenkranz occupies Austria's second-highest political office despite his membership in a German-nationalist fraternity. Such organizations have recently been gaining in power in Austria. And Germany as well.
Such marks are an element of the so-called mensur, a combative masculinity ritual practiced in fencing fraternities. Also known as academic fencing, combatants battle with a sharp blade, leaving parts of their faces unprotected. Rosenkranz has belonged to such a fraternity since his youth.
Oh, yeah, this fits with the Nazi & related fascist fantasies about being descended from “knights” if not nobility. It’s all about the LARP.
Oh, yeah, this fits with the Nazi & related fascist fantasies about being descended from “knights” if not nobility. It’s all about the LARP.