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Chawa and David Perushev attend Sukkoberfest in Berlin, September 29, 2026. (Joshua Schultheis/Times of Israel)
October 4, 2026, 7:17 pm
At Berlin’s ‘Sukkoberfest,’ young Jews raise a beer — and weigh whether to stay
Amid a surge in antisemitism and gains for the political fringes, partygoers at a Sukkot-meets-Oktoberfest celebration describe a deteriorating climate, and some are eyeing Israel
By Joshua Schultheis
Then-US ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann touches the freshly laid 'Stolpersteine' (stumbling stones) for members of her family in Feuchtwangen, Bavaria, on May 30, 2023. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP)
September 25, 2026, 8:31 pm
German town bans new Holocaust-memory ‘stumbling blocks,’ with center and far-right support
Snubbing city administrators recommendation, Heidenau council votes to reject future installations of brass plaques commemorating Nazi victims
By Emanuele Berro and Friederike Heine
‘No business with Neo-Nazis’. (Image Flats! via Flickr., CC BY-SA/The Conversation)
September 24, 2026, 8:18 am
How Germany’s far right uses emojis and fashion to sidestep ban on Nazi symbolism
From runic lettering to carefully arranged clothing, extreme-right supporters signal their affiliations, including co-opting established brands who oppose their ideology
By Tom Birkett, Felix Lummer and Timothy Liam Waters
German Chancellor and leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz addresses a press conference, one day after state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Berlin on September 21, 2026. (Jens SCHLUETER/AFP)
September 21, 2026, 7:24 pm
Merz defiant after huge defeats in 2 state elections, says Germany’s ‘democratic future’ at stake, Jewish life ‘no longer safe’
Leading far-right candidate predicts chancellor ‘won’t make it to the end of the year’; Merz cancels trip to UN, as his junior coalition partner says ‘things can’t go on’
By Frank Zeller
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel (center right) and the party's Berlin lead candidate Kristin Brinker (center left) at a press conference after state election in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in Berlin, September 21, 2026. Also present are Leif-Erik Holm, the AfD's candidate for state premier in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and the party's co-leader Tino Chrupalla. (Reuters)
September 21, 2026, 7:23 pm
After more German election gains, it’s getting harder to keep far-right AfD from power
Seen by Jewish leaders as harboring antisemitism, AfD has consolidated its place as country’s most popular party; Chancellor Merz is down, but not (yet) out
By Rachel Moore and Christoph Steitz
AfD party leader Alice Weidel, center, walks behind top candidates Leif-Erik Holm and Kristin Brinker before a press conference of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) in Berlin, Germany, after the previous day's two state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, September 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 21, 2026, 7:23 pm
Far-right AfD tops a German state election for second time in a month; Merz rues ‘disaster’
AfD wins almost 40% in eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; party seen by Jewish groups as harboring antisemitism leads in national opinion polls but has been kept from power by the other main parties’ refusal to work with it
By Oliver Denzer and James Mackenzie
A man casts his vote at a polling station during the Berlin state election in Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
September 20, 2026, 12:53 pm
Eyes on far-right AfD, far-left Berlin candidate as Germans vote in two state elections
AfD seen as unlikely to win either of Sunday’s elections, but expected to make gains in latest challenge to leader Friedrich Merz; far-left Eralp leading in Berlin mayoral poll
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund and party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, speak to party members in front of a reading, 'It starts here,' at an election party of the 'Alternative for Germany' (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/ Matthias Schrader)
September 15, 2026, 2:43 am
Germany’s far-right AfD makes gains in local vote, but is fended off by mainstream slates
Nationalist, anti-immigrant party triples its support from five years ago in Lower Saxony’s local elections, coming third in race won by Germany’s leading conservative party
By Shira Li Bartov
Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch delivers a speech at the German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 during a special meeting commemorating the victims of the Holocaust on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
September 13, 2026, 11:03 am
German Jewish leader, a Holocaust survivor, gets death threat linked to victory of far-right AfD
‘The AfD has won, now we will hang Knobloch’ found scrawled on bench with Star of David; 93-year-old has said she’s ‘frightened’ by party’s success, called for potential ban
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund shows thumbs up beside his wife Julia, left, and party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, right, at an election party of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
September 12, 2026, 9:59 am
Germany’s AfD seeking to parlay Saxony-Anhalt win into nationwide momentum
Far-right party faces tests in Berlin and elsewhere as it attempts to turn eastern breakthrough into broader trend, but results likely to be weaker in west
By Shira Li Bartov
FILE: Holocaust survivor Eva Umlauf looks on during a press conference in Berlin on June 4, 2024. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP)
September 9, 2026, 8:00 pm
Holocaust survivor ‘appalled, saddened’ by far-right AfD’s victory in German state
‘We’re afraid,’ says Auschwitz survivor Eva Umlauf of the rise of Germany’s far-right, 80 years after the Nazis, ‘We know what happens to minorities, what happens to foreigners’
By Anja Guder
A man holds up a placard reading “FCK AFD” as he gathers with others in front of Saxony-Anhalt’s state parliament to demonstrate for an open society based on solidarity during a festival of democracy in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on September 5, 2026, one day before regional elections in the eastern federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. (John MACDOUGALL/AFP)
September 8, 2026, 6:53 pm
‘Immense damage’: German Jewish leaders alarmed by election win of far-right AfD
Alternative for Germany’s plurality in Saxony-Anhalt election leads some of nation’s 200,000 Jews to fear throwback to fascism, amid backlash against culture of Holocaust memory
By Toby Axelrod
Top AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund speaks in front of a reading “It starts here” at an election party of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
September 8, 2026, 3:26 pm
German vote delivers victory for far-right, but movement’s successes remain fickle
Europe’s hard-right parties, such as the UK’s Reform, have undergone a mix of victories and setbacks, and next year’s key elections in France and Spain may determine if they march or stumble
By Sam McNeil
A banner reading 'Stop AfD Nazis' is seen during a demonstration against the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on September 7, 2026. (Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images via JTA)
September 8, 2026, 6:25 am
Far-right triumph in German regional election sends shockwaves through Europe
Merz: Impossible to ‘go back to business as usual’ after 44% in Saxony-Anhalt state chose AfD; leaders in other countries wonder if result will be replicated on their home turf
By Shira Li Bartov
Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund shows thumbs up beside party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, from left, at an election party of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state election in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
September 7, 2026, 6:24 am
Germany’s far-right AfD wins big at state election, but falls just short of majority
Anti-migrant party three seats shy of outright victory in Saxony-Anhalt; even if it doesn’t form government in eastern state, result is massive blow to Merz
By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke
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