Nothing is ever deleted once it is uploaded to the Internet. Never underestimate the power of social media to come back and deliver your just reward for past ramblings and photos.

The leader of PEGIDA (English name roughly translates into "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West"), an anti-Islamization group in Germany, learned that lesson the hard way when a months-old selfie of him posing as die Führer, as well as a post about the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), came to light and caused him to step down from his role as chairman.

Lutz Bachmann attempted to explain the selfie as part of a promotion for a very popular Hitler satire in Germany. However, he and his publicist are now doing damage control for his anti-minority posts. The selfie was published on the front page of the tabloid BILD on Wednesday, Jan. 21, and was quickly picked up by other news agencies.

In addition to the Hitler selfie, it was reported that Bachmann also posted photos of a man donning white KKK robes with the caption: "Three Ks a day keep the minorities away."

He has also been known to post social media updates referring to Germany's minorities and immigrants as "scumbags," "stupid cows" and "trash."

Authorities in Germany are now investigating whether there are enough grounds to prosecute Bachmann under the country's very strict laws against Nazi symbolism and paraphernalia.

Bachmann has since deleted his Facebook account in the wake of his resignation as chairman of PEGIDA. He has also issued a statement.

"I apologize to everybody who has felt attacked by my online postings. They were comments made without serious reflection, which I would no longer express today. I am sorry that I thereby damaged the interests of our movement, and draw the appropriate conclusion," he said.

The Facebook account of PEGIDA, however, remains active with over 155,000 likes and continues to organize demonstrations to stop what they call the "Islamification of Germany."

The demonstrations were halted by the police in the past. Many other communities in Germany also voice out their objections to the group's anti-Islamic views. According to reports, protests to PEGIDA's rallies outnumber the group two to one.

On Jan. 5, Germany's Cologne Cathedral switched off all its lights during the group's demonstration as a symbolic rejection of the rally.

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