German Art Institutions Prepare for a Fight as Far Right Looks to Take Power
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German Art Institutions Prepare for a Fight as Far Right Looks to Take Power

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The New York TimesSeptember 18, 2026View Source

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Duitsland het 'n nuwe politieke party.

Germany has a new political party.

Duitsland→Germanyhet→hasnuwe→newpolitieke→political
Die party se naam is die AfD.

The party's name is the AfD.

se→s (possessive)naam→name
Hierdie mense wil nuwe kuns hê.

These people want new art.

Hierdie→thesemense→peoplewil→wantnuwe→newkuns→arthê→to have
Hulle hou van baie patriotiese kuns.

They like very patriotic art.

Hulle→theyhou→like (part of)van→like (part of)baie→verypatriotiese→patriotickuns→art
Duitse museums is nou baie bang.

German museums are now very afraid.

Duitse→Germanis→arenou→nowbaie→verybang→afraid
Die party wil die museums beheer.

The party wants to control the museums.

wil→wantsbeheer→control
Kunstenaars wil vryheid vir kuns hê.

Artists want freedom for art.

Kunstenaars→artistswil→wantvryheid→freedomvir→forkuns→arthê→to have
Demokrasie het vrye kuns nodig.

Democracy needs free art.

Demokrasie→democracyhet→hasvrye→freekuns→artnodig→need
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kuns
art
"Ek hou van moderne kuns."
vryheid
freedom
"Vryheid is belangrik vir almal."
party
party (political)
"Die politieke party is baie groot."
bang
afraid
"Die kind is bang vir die donker."
beheer
control
"Wie beheer die skool?"
nuwe
new
"Ek het 'n nuwe boek."
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