AfD
How the far right is weaponizing Nazi history in Germany
The AfD is pushing to downplay the crimes of the Nazi era, amid fears of a new wave of German nationalism.
Far-right German lawmakers aren't sorry for walking out of a ceremony for Holocaust victims
“This so-called Alternative for Germany bases its policies on hate and exclusion
Hundreds of German lawmakers targeted in mass cyber attack
All major parties were hit — except for members of the far-right Alternative for Germany.
How a Professor's Economic Dream Spawned a Hard-Right Monster
The founder of Germany's AfD doesn't like talking about the horror it became.
Germany’s spy chief ousted from job over alleged far-right sympathies
As punishment, he was given a better job with a higher salary.
The far-right AfD’s call for “Islam-free schools” is reminding Germans of Nazi propaganda
“If you don't see fascism, you just don't want to see it.”
Anti-migrant protests have exploded in the east German city of Chemnitz. Here’s why.
“When such a killing occurs, it’s normal for people to snap.”
The real reason Merkel’s coalition is in crisis is the rise of the far-right AfD
“That’s why the CSU is panicking — trying to do whatever it takes to hold the AfD down and secure its vote.”
A lit fuse
How a far-right terror group’s bombing campaign unleashed something sinister in a small German town
Nazis Explain Why They Became Nazis
In 1934, American writer Theodore Abel created a fake competition to trick hundreds of people into describing why they loved the Nazi Party so much. Their words seem worryingly relevant today.
A Muslim convert in an anti-Islam German political party has everyone confused
“I see my task as creating consensus between German Islam and conservative Germans.”
Angry Germans Explain Their Country's Surging Right-Wing Movement
We talked to voters in a formerly left-leaning neighborhood in Berlin that lurched toward anti-immigrant populism in this past weekend's national election.