德国右翼、深陷丑闻的政客、巴伐利亚州政府副州长于柏林一家酒店房间内被发现身亡——调查人员无法排除他杀可能。
A German right-wing, scandal-ridden politician who was the second-in-command of the Bavarian government has been found dead in a Berlin hotel room — as investigators are unable to rule out foul play.
据《图片报》报道，自由选民党领袖胡贝特·艾万格周三身处德国首都，原定于次日发表演讲庆祝新党部开张，却在前一晚突然身体不适。
Hubert Aiwanger, the leader of the populist Free Voters party, was in the German capital Wednesday ahead of a speech celebrating the opening of a new party office when he suddenly fell ill the night before the event, Bild reported.
这位两个孩子的父亲、现年55岁，选择留在柏林精品酒店Neuer-Fritz三楼的房间内休养，随后在当晚被发现身亡，此前他的朋友们试图联系他但未果。检方已就其死因展开调查。
The dad of two, 55, opted to stay in his third-floor room at Berlin’s boutique Hotel Neuer-Fritz to recuperate before he was found dead later that night when his pals unsuccessfully tried to contact him. Prosecutors have launched an investigation into his death.
“目前没有犯罪的初步嫌疑。此时无法排除任何可能，”柏林检察院发言人迈克尔·佩措尔德对《图片报》表示。
“There is no initial suspicion of any crime. Nothing can be ruled out at this point,” Michael Petzold, a spokesperson for Berlin’s public prosecutor’s office, told Bild.
“出于调查原因，发现尸体的具体情况暂时无法透露。”不过消息人士向《图片报》透露，艾万格遗体未见外伤。
“For investigative reasons, the specific circumstances of the discovery cannot yet be disclosed.”Aiwanger, who had been a Bavarian lawmaker since 2008 and Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria since 2018, was found with no external injuries, however, sources told Bild.
死因仍不清楚，但艾万格的资深联盟伙伴——基督教社会联盟内部人士向《图片报》透露，他曾出现一些胃肠道问题。
His cause of death remains unclear but those in Aiwanger’s senior coalition partner, the Christian Social Union, told Bild he had experienced some gastrointestinal problems.
艾万格之死距离他陷入反犹太主义争议仅三年，那场风波曾威胁到自由选民党在2023年巴伐利亚州选举中的竞选前景。
Aiwanger’s death comes just three years after he was embroiled in an antisemitism controversy that threatened to blow up the Free Voters campaign ahead of the 2023 Bavarian state elections.
据德国之声报道，巴伐利亚最大报纸之一《南德意志报》披露，艾万格在1980年代求学期间曾出版一份嘲讽大屠杀的传单，引发舆论抨击。
He came under fire after a report in Süddeutsche Zeitung – one of Bavaria’s largest newspapers – claimed he published a leaflet mocking the Holocaust while he was at school during the 1980s, DW reported.
这位政客承认背包里有该传单的副本，并形容其内容“令人作呕且不人道”。艾万格的哥哥赫尔穆特·艾万格似乎替他担下责任，声称是自己制作了那份恶心的文献。
The pol admitted to having copies of the pamphlet in his backpack and described its contents as “disgusting and inhumane.”Helmut Aiwanger, Aiwanger’s older brother, appeared to take the hit as he claimed to have produced the sickening literature.
艾万格还被前同学指控，在1987年参观一座前纳粹集中营后，曾开过反犹太笑话。
Aiwanger has also been accused by his former classmates of making antisemitic jokes after visiting a former Nazi concentration camp in 1987.
据德国之声报道，艾万格的一位同学对巴伐利亚广播电台表示：“一天晚上，他开了个关于犹太人的玩笑，我记得非常令人作呕，我为此非常难过。”
“On one evening, I was very upset that he made a joke about Jews, which I remember as being very repulsive,” Aiwanger’s classmate told the radio station, Bayerischer Rundfunk, according to DW.
另一位前同学指控，艾万格在2023年8月走进教室时还行过纳粹礼。同学们还指控这位政客曾拿非洲营养不良的儿童开玩笑。面对指控，艾万格似乎暗示他在上学时可能做过蠢事。
Aiwanger also made the Nazi salute when going into class, another one of his former classmates alleged in August 2023. Classmates also accused the politician of making quips about malnourished children in Africa. Aiwanger was fronted over the allegations, appearing to hint he may have been foolish during his time at school.
他对Welt TV表示，据德国之声报道：“当然，在青春期，这事那事可能会被这样或那样地解读，符合人们对我15岁时的指控。”
“It is certainly the case that in adolescence, one thing or another could be interpreted in such and such a way that is in line with the things that 15-year-old me is being accused of,” he told Welt TV, as per DW.
“但无论如何，我可以表明，自从成年以来，几十年来，我不是反犹太主义者，不是极端分子——而是一个博爱主义者。” 这场丑闻一度威胁要让艾万格的竞选活动脱轨——但他的政党在2023年巴伐利亚州议会选举中取得了有史以来最好的成绩——以37个席位位居第二，比2018年增加了10席。
“But in any case, I can say that since I reached adulthood, over the past decades, [I am] not an antisemite, not an extremist – but rather, a humanitarian.”The scandal threatened to derail Aiwanger’s campaign – but his party secured their best-ever result in the 2023 Bavarian State Elections – finishing second with 37 seats, up 10 on their 2018 performance.
自由选民党领先于德国更成熟的政党，如右翼的德国选择党、社会民主党、绿党、自由民主党。
Free Voters finished ahead of Germany’s more established parties such as the right-wing Alternative Fur Deutschland, the Social Democrats, the Greens, the liberal Free Democrats.
这一结果意味着艾万格的政党继续与基督教社会联盟组建联合政府。
The result meant that Aiwanger’s party continued in coalition with the Christian Social Union.
巴伐利亚州州长、基社盟主席马库斯·泽德将艾万格的去世描述为“绝对的悲剧”。
Markus Söder, Bavaria’s State Premier and the leader of the CSU, described Aiwanger’s death as an “absolute tragedy.
“我们都感到非常震惊。我们现在首先想到的是他的家人和孩子。我们与他们一起哀悼，并为他们祈祷。”
“We are all deeply shocked. Our thoughts are now first and foremost with his family and his children. We mourn with them and pray for them.”
德国社会民主党政治人物卡尔·劳特巴赫在提及艾旺格的过去时表示，他是“有争议且不易相处”。艾旺格未婚，却与48岁的女友塔尼娅·施魏格同居。两人交往约15年，共同抚养两个儿子，劳伦茨和阿德里安。
Karl Lauterbach, a SPD politician, acknowledged Aiwanger’s past – describing him as “controversial and not easy to deal with.”Aiwanger was unmarried but lived with his 48-year-old girlfriend, Tanja Schweiger. They were in a relationship for around 15 years and shared two sons, Laurenz and Adrian.
11月1日——恰逢万圣节——她在Instagram上冷峻地写道：“生命会结束，但爱不会。”
On Nov. 1 — which happened to be All Saints’ Day — she chillingly posted on Instagram, “Life ends but love does not.”