The picture was initially posted in a antifascist group in Facebook. The SPD has confirmed its authenticity. The vice chancellor was attending a concert when he was faced with the boisterous neo-nazi group who accuse him as a traitor due to his stance for the rights of refugees and migtants.

Last summer the SPD leader had condemned acts of violence which had taken place in a migrant camp in that area. As a result his party received several dozens of letters with racist and threatening context.