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Chairman of right-wing party Alternative for Germany, AfD, Joerg Meuthen, second from right, top candidate Joerg Urban, center, top candidate for the Saxony state elections and board member Beatrix von Storch, left, react after first election results announced in Dresden, Germany, September 1, 2019. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

September 1, 2019, 9:12 pm

Far-right seen gaining but not winning in 2 German states

AfD party surges in local elections in Brandenburg, Saxony, but exit polls forecast that it won’t overtake larger mainstream parties

By Geir Moulson

In this Aug. 15, 2019 photo, a crowd of people attend an election campaign rally of German Alternative for Germany, AfD, party for the Saxony state elections in Bautzen, Germany (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

September 1, 2019, 2:12 pm

Far-right surge expected in east German state elections

Euroskeptic, anti-immigration AfD’s gains in former Communist areas could destabilize Angela Merkel’s fragile coalition with Social Democrats

By Frank Zeller

This photo from August 4, 2019 shows Andreas Kalbitz, chairman of the AfD party in Brandenburg, in Cottbus, Germany. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)

August 31, 2019, 12:41 pm

German far-right candidate attended neo-Nazi rally in Greece

AfD member Andreas Kalbitz acknowledges being at 2007 event but denies he was there with extremist delegation that hung up swastika flag

By AP

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)

August 28, 2019, 5:19 pm

German far-right party ousts regional leader for membership in extremist group

AfD’s Doris Von Sayn-Wittgenstein under fire for ties to society founded by ‘Nazi grandma’ Ursula Haverbeck-Wetzel

By TOI staff and Agencies

Visitors are seen through an iron gate carrying the German phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei" (work sets you free) at the former concentration camp in Oranienburg, eastern Germany on August 7, 2019. (Odd Andersen/AFP)

August 26, 2019, 9:29 am

Far-right surge in Germany rattles guardians of Nazi-era remembrance

Guide at former concentration camp warns AfD politicians are ‘playing with fire’ by challenging country’s culture of reckoning with its past

By Deborah Cole

Protesters take part in a demonstration titled "Unteilbar" (indivisible) against exclusion on August 24, 2019 in Dresden, eastern Germany. (John MACDOUGALL/AFP)

August 24, 2019, 7:00 pm

Thousands march against racism in Germany as far-right AfD surges in local polls

Demonstration takes place in heart of Dresden, which has also become cradle of Islamophobic movement Pegida and a stronghold for AfD

By Isabelle Le Page

People attend a far-right demonstration in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, September 7, 2018 (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

August 22, 2019, 8:57 pm

Syrian sentenced for deadly German knifing that sparked far-right protests

Alaa Sheikhi, 24, whose murder of Daniel Hillig on August 26, 2018, led to extremist rallies against Muslim immigration, gets 9.5 years in prison

By Andrea HENTSCHEL and Frank Zeller

Andreas Kalbitz, AfD's top candidate for the regional election in the German state of Brandenburg, attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

August 15, 2019, 3:28 am

Topping polls in local vote, German politician downplays far-right past

Andreas Kalbitz, AfD candidate in state of Brandenburg, insists his biography is not extremist, but critics say the facts show otherwise

By Frank Jordans

People enter the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp through the gate with the inscription 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free) for commemorations for the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the camp in Oranienburg, about 35 kilometer north of Berlin, April 23, 2017. (AP/Markus Schreiber)

August 13, 2019, 2:19 pm

Man who denied Holocaust at German concentration camp to face charges

Suspect, reportedly a supporter of the far-right AfD party, one of several to make remarks denying existence of gas chambers at Sachsenhausen

By Sam Sokol

Roses cover the photo of the 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman killed in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, June 8, 2018 (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

July 10, 2019, 7:40 am

Iraqi man faces verdict in trial for rape, murder of Jewish teen in Germany

Suspect faces a likely sentence of life in prison if found guilty of assault and killing of 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman in Wiesbaden, in case seized upon by far right

By AFP

Brawl breaks out at Holon water park, June 9 2019 (Screen grab via Channel 12 news)

July 5, 2019, 8:55 am

German far-right party claims film of Israel brawl is migrant fight in Stuttgart

Nationalist, anti-immigration AfD tweets film using footage of disturbance at Holon water park while claiming it was migrants fighting at a swimming pool in Germany

By TOI staff

AfD supports walks along a party elections poster in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The far-right Alternative for Germany launches its European parliament election campaign in the eastern city of Erfurt.(AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

June 24, 2019, 4:37 am

Merkel’s party debates the unthinkable — power sharing with the far-right

As power shifts, some CDU politicians push for tie-ups with AfD on a regional level, while others look at ways to ban any attempt to cooperate with anti-migrant party

By Ryland James

In this June 13, 2019 file photo a picture of Walter Luebcke stands behind his coffin during the funeral service in Kassel, Germany. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

June 20, 2019, 1:15 pm

Germany: Official’s murder by right-wing extremist suspect is ‘attack on us all’

Interior minister says killing of Walter Luebcke, who strongly supported welcoming refugees, allegedly by man with history of violent hate crimes, is ‘alarm signal’

By Frank Jordans

Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party top candidate in Goerlitz Sebastian Wippel reacts after the first results in the local election round two in Goerliz, eastern Germany, on June 16, 2019. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa/AFP)

June 17, 2019, 10:55 am

Far-right candidate loses German election after filmmakers weigh in

Actors, directors urged against AfD’s Sebastian Wippel as mayor of Goerlitz, location for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’

By Agencies

Hezbollah supporters take part in a rally to mark al-Quds day in Beirut, Lebanon, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

June 4, 2019, 3:43 pm

German parliament to debate banning Hezbollah in its entirety

Country ‘should not be offering a safe haven’ to Iran-backed terror group, says author of nonbinding resolution proposed by far-right AfD party

By Raphael Ahren