A GERMAN political firebrand dubbed the “anti-Greta” has fled to the United States, claiming her life is in danger in Europe.
Naomi Seibt, 25, says she’s seeking asylum in America after years of threats and harassment in her homeland.
The young activist, who made her name opposing climate change campaigns and mass migration, says she has been “abandoned” by German authorities.
“I have received many death threats from Antifa,” she said. “When I showed it to the police, they said they couldn’t do anything because I wasn’t raped or killed.”
Seibt, a vocal supporter of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, insists she’s being persecuted for her political views.
“It starts with Antifa, which is stronger in Germany than it is anywhere else in the world,” she said.
The activist claims German intelligence has been monitoring her for years.
“I believe there is a good chance they would try to arrest me at the airport… and come for me and my family, including my little sister, who is not political at all,” she told The Telegraph from Washington.
She is now waiting in the U.S. for the outcome of her asylum claim, filed under America’s Immigration and Nationality Act.
Her request argues she faces imprisonment or physical harm if forced to return to Germany.
It comes as reports suggest Donald Trump could offer refuge to European conservatives who say they’ve been punished for “peaceful expression of views online.”
The former president has also vowed to label Antifa a terrorist organisation in the U.S.
Current vice president JD Vance has joined the chorus of criticism, recently accusing Germany of “retreating from democracy.”
Speaking from Washington, Seibt said she felt drawn to America’s “patriotism.”
“Americans stand up for each other,” she said. “I do not see that same sentiment in Germany.”
She described the AfD as “libertarian-conservative” and rejected claims it is a far-right movement.
“The AfD is not imperialist like the Nazis,” she said. “Their only goal is to revive the patriotism that exists just as healthily in the United States.”
Mainstream German parties have long refused to work with the AfD, creating what they call a “firewall” against the far right.
Despite that, the AfD is now polling ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling Christian Democrat Union (CDU).
The party opposes mass migration and multiculturalism and supports a burka ban.
It has also endorsed “remigration” – a controversial plan calling for the deportation of migrants living in Germany.
Seibt openly backs those views and frequently posts about them to her nearly half a million followers on X.
She has claimed that “white German men and women have been taught to hate themselves and are at risk of being erased.”
AfD figures have drawn support from American conservatives, including Vance, who met party leader Alice Weidel after a speech in Munich earlier this year.
Seibt herself helped arrange a live X discussion between Weidel and billionaire Elon Musk.
She insists Germany is “losing its commitment to free speech” as journalists and activists face police scrutiny for online posts.
Seibt recently highlighted the case of Norbert Bolz, a well-known political commentator whose home was raided by police.
Officers questioned him over a social media post featuring the Nazi-era slogan “Deutschland erwache!” (“Germany, awake!”).
Bolz, who has written for major outlets including Welt, was not arrested.
Seibt also pointed to her friend Aron Pielka, known online as “Shlomo Finkelstein,” who was convicted of incitement to hatred for his YouTube content.
In 2020, Pielka received a one-year suspended sentence for insulting religion and sharing banned symbols.
He was later jailed in 2023 after breaching his probation.
Seibt says he was targeted by German intelligence purely for his political opinions.
“They have many reasons to not like me being in the United States,” she said. “The only reason I haven’t received the same threats is because they are worried they would make it public and I could involve the United States.”
“It would be much easier once I returned to Germany,” she added.
Asked about the irony of seeking asylum while backing anti-immigration figures like Trump and the AfD, Seibt stood firm.
“The AfD is not against immigration at all,” she said. “We just want immigration that goes through strict and rigorous controls.”
She blamed Angela Merkel’s 2015 open-border policy for letting “Islamists” into the country unchecked.
“It’s just extremely dangerous to not even check who’s coming in,” she said. “Any government has a duty to protect its own people first.”
Germany’s federal domestic intelligence agency declined to comment on Seibt’s claims.
