Wow, for a historian he pushes so many age-old debunked racialist myths that I’m really doubting his expertise in the area:
First of: Germany was for the longest time not a singular culture, much less a single ethnicity. In fact I’d argue that Germany has always been kind of the melting pot of Europe, being a central state on the continent which has split and rejoined into different states multiple times over the course of its history, not to mention that it has seen multiple migration periods during its time. In short: There is no such thing as an “ethnic German”.
Secondly: While it is true that migrants usually take some time to integrate themselves into society, it has also been shown that societies acceptance of them directly leads to lower birth-rates, higher education of the following generation and lesser chances of the development of parallel societies. Of course, if every German had Paulwitz’s attitude, his ideas would become self-fulfilling prophecies.
Third: No, even though he implies that, there are no biological differences (or intellectual ones) that stop migrants from assimilating into society.
Fourth: “ It’s surprising that citizens have begun to fight it at the ballot, but more surprising is that so few are doing so.” Ah the age-old fascist belief that in secret everyone thinks like they do. Let me guess, instead of reasoning that the logical conclusion is that in reality not that many people think like you do, Paulwitz, you instead believe that it is some vast conspiracy or something? Because that’s were these kind of statements usually lead to.
As a German I hate pseudo-intellectual pricks like these who think that they speak for us all.