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People hold flags during a demonstration by Germany's nationalist party AfD (Alternative for Germany) on May Day in Erfurt, central Germany, May 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
February 25, 2020, 8:40 am
German far-right party laments isolation by rivals, media
AfD accused of stoking the kind of anti-migrant sentiment that led to shooting of 9 people in Hanau; senior official refuses to distance himself from faction suspected of extremism
By AP
A carnival float depicts far-right AfD politician Bjoern Hoecke, whose arm is raised by CDU politician Mike Mohring and FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich at the Thuringa elections, seen prior the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Feb. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
February 24, 2020, 1:34 pm
German carnival floats take aim at racism in wake of deadly attack
Parade floats in Cologne, Duesseldorf, Mainz feature commentary on hatred, days after German man killed 9 people of foreign background before apparently killing his mother, himself
By AP
In this February 21, 2020, photo, friends and relatives hold up photos of victims of a shooting, in Hanau, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
February 23, 2020, 3:09 pm
Germany admits there’s a far-right problem, but what can be done?
After shooting rampage targeting immigrants and last year’s anti-Semitic Yom Kippur attack, government is under pressure to act but is struggling to find answers
By David Rising
Thuringia's State Premier of the left-wing 'Die Linke' party Bodo Ramelow reacts during the elections of Thuringia's prime minister on February 5, 2020, in the Thuringian state parliament in Erfurt, eastern Germany (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)
February 23, 2020, 2:32 pm
German state lawmakers at center of far-right scandal agree on governor
After fiasco caused by election of Thuringia’s new leader with AfD support, Merkel’s party agrees to support reelection of previous state governor, Bodo Ramelow
By AP
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer in Berlin on February 14, 2020. (Michael Sohn / POOL / AFP)
February 21, 2020, 2:31 pm
Germany says security threat from far-right extremism, anti-Semitism ‘very high’
Interior minister says police presence will be raised across the country alongside increased surveillance at sensitive locations to counter danger
By Agencies
Far-right and neo-Nazi supporters walk through Plauen in eastern Germany, May 1, 2019. (Sebastian Willnow/DPA/AFP via Getty Images/ via JTA)
February 21, 2020, 11:26 am
Switching gears, German authorities focus on alarmingly organized far right
Critics say government concentrated solely on Islamists for too long, as investigations reveal that extremist groups recruit members of security forces who are armed and trained
By Rebecca Spiess
One day after the election of Thuringia's State Premier, a woman holds a placard reading 'Shame on you' during a protest in front of the State Chancellery in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on February 6, 2020 (Jens Schlueter / AFP)
February 15, 2020, 8:04 am
Germans to hit the streets against deals with far right in eastern state
After AfD scandal in Thuringia, 10,000 expected to rally under the banner: ‘No pacts with fascists any time or anywhere!’
By Mathieu FOULKES
A child lights a candle in the Frauenkirche cathedral (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, Germany, February 11, 2020. (Jens Meyer/AP)
February 13, 2020, 2:49 pm
German far right reopens wounds of Dresden bombing
Commemoration events draw neo-Nazis, who seize upon anniversary to downplay Nazi crimes and inflate number of victims of Allied air raids
By Michelle Fitzpatrick
Christian Hirte, the German government's former commissioner for the country's east, in a 2019 interview (video screenshot)
February 8, 2020, 3:02 pm
Germany’s Merkel fires party official following far-right election fiasco
Christian Hirte of German leader’s CDU had congratulated new state governor, elected with help of AfD, leading to calls for his removal by chancellor’s coalition partners
By Agencies
Newly elected Prime Minister of Thuringia Thomas Kemmerich of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) addresses a press conference at the State Chancellery in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on February 6, 2020. (Jens Schlueter/AFP)
February 6, 2020, 6:56 pm
German state premier quits after winning ‘unforgivable’ far-right support
A day after taking office, Thuringia PM Thomas Kemmerich laments his election victory came with votes of Alternative for Germany party, calls new elections amid nationwide outrage
By Michelle Fitzpatrick
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 5, 2020. (Jens Meyer/AP)
February 6, 2020, 2:13 pm
Merkel says German governor’s election with far-right help is ‘inexcusable’
Thomas Kemmerich faces calls to resign after winning vote in eastern state of Thuringia by relying on support of Alternative for Germany to defeat left-wing incumbent
By AP
Thuringia's AfD faction leader Bjoern Hoecke attends a rally in Erfurt, Germany, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
February 5, 2020, 5:52 pm
Far-right backing for regional politician shocks Germany
Head of Central Council of Jews in Germans is ‘horrified’ after a candidate enters office with help from anti-Semitic AFD party
By Tom BARFIELD
Co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party Alexander Gauland, Berlin, November 19, 2019. (Odd Andersen/AFP)
January 30, 2020, 4:23 pm
German far-right leader faces tax evasion probe
Lawmakers remove parliamentary immunity from Alexander Gauland, 78, a prominent figure in ‘Alternative for Germany’ party, who once trivialized Holocaust’s place in German history
By AFP
President Reuven Rivlin shakes hands with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on January 22, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 29, 2020, 6:25 am
Rivlin to address German MPs in Hebrew, 75 years after Auschwitz
President and German counterpart to speak in Bundestag, including to members of far-right AfD party, as fears grow of resurgent anti-Semitism
By Isabelle Le Page and Mathieu FOULKES
A view of the former Buchenwald concentration camp in Weimar, Germany, January 26, 2018. (Jens Schlueter/Getty Images via JTA)
January 27, 2020, 12:14 am
1 in 5 Germans think the Holocaust gets too much attention, surveys find
45 percent say country’s remembrance activities are appropriate, according to one poll, 37% tell another survey it’s time to stop the browbeating
By Toby Axelrod
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