Hairdresser-Politician Assaulted - Look for the culprit and provide a haircut.
Claudia Mihaly-Anastasio, aged 49, has been a city councilor since 2014 and owns a hair salon in the tiny Saxon town of Freital (population 39,558).
One day, she found her shop in a mess with words written on the door in black letters, including the phrase "Who blows the tail of fascism." (There's a spelling error in the original; "bläst" should be spelled with an "s", editor's note.)
Mihaly-Anastasio is running for city council and district council in June 2024 as part of the "Conservative Center" - a voters' association led by Freital's Lord Mayor Uwe Rumberg (65). He and eight other members left the CDU in 2021 due to their disapproval of politics and established a new political group in Dresden's suburbs.
Authorities are now investigating
"I'm not right-wing or left-wing," the local politician who goes by two names insists. "My father was Hungarian, my ex-husband Italian. I have a 35-year-old Syrian apprentice because his degree isn't recognized here. Am I a fascist?"
The authorities have initiated an investigation. "Unknown individuals have vandalized several windows of a store on Dresdner Straße," shares police official Rocco Reichel (55). "The damage is estimated at around €500."
Offering a free haircut for tips
Unfortunately, Mihaly-Anastasio, who has six kids, will have to pay for the cleaning, so she's making an extraordinary request. "Anyone who provides information about the perpetrators will receive a free haircut," she says. "The culprit is also welcome to contact me and we can discuss how the damages can be paid during the cut."
The hairdresser is well-known in Saxony - "Politicians from all parties are among my customers," mentions Mihaly-Anastasio. "Even members of the state parliament are my clients." She's also the head of Barber Angels in the region, cutting the hair of "75 to 100 guests" - as she calls the underprivileged - in Chemnitz, Dresden, and Leipzig every month without charge.
Who could be behind the attack?
"I don't know," the local woman, in charge of social affairs in the city, reflects. "It could potentially be connected to Pegida leader Lutz Bachmann (51). He was my client up until the peak of his xenophobic movement. "Back then, the Antifa wanted to set fire to my car," admits the hairdresser. "But he hasn't been here in ages."
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Source: symclub.org
