Political Memes

Right so I got to the point in the documentary where they mention it, it's around 36:50 in.

Vad hände då med Björn och Danuta efter att bilden hade publicerats och det blev väldigt pådrag?
Hon blev ju anmäld för förargtsökande beteende (unsure), och hon hade varit lite ångerfull och orolig, att hon ångrade sig för hon var rädd för att hon skulle få skit för detta. Att det skulle drabba henne på något sätt. Hon ville inte gå ut då, sa han, hon höll sig hemma. Det var väl hon tänkte då att hon var i främmande land, att så gör man inte här.

Off the cuff, rough translation:

What happened with Björn and Danuta after the photograph had been published, and things got out of hand?
A complaint was filed against her, and she became a little regretful and worried, that she regretted (the event) because she was afraid she'd catch shit for it. That it'd negatively affect her in some manner. She didn't want to go outside, he said, she kept to herself at home. She probably thought that she was in a foreign country, that this isn't the way you do things here.

The documentary highlights that initially no one knew who she was. There were rumours published in the news about a 54 year old woman making her way to Sweden from Poland just to attend the demonstration. That she'd previously been in a concentration camp.

It also mentions that she herself was just kind of looking for a new start in Sweden. She worked hard to blend in, and wanted to earn the respect of those around her. It mentions her growing up raised by her grandmother, because her own mother lived with trauma from the nazis and couldn't handle it. How she in turn was traumatised, and it was something she struggled with.

It doesn't strike me that she regretted punching a nazi, but more that she wished it hadn't happened because she feared the fallout, particularly given how hard she'd worked to start a new life. I'd imagine she feared all it collapsing around her. Supposedly the police never published her information, and they never got harassed by anyone, but she and her husband did request and were approved for police protection in the event of potential fallout.