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Robert Sesselmann, center, visits a butcher shop in Sonneberg, Germany on April 27, 2023. (Robert Sesselmann)

German far-right party wins its first county leadership post, rising in polls

Victory of AfD’s candidate in rural Sonneberg area reflects rising popularity of anti-immigration party; Jewish group says party’s surge is something we ‘cannot simply accept’

June 25, 2023, 11:46 pm

German far-right party wins its first county leadership post, rising in polls

Victory of AfD’s candidate in rural Sonneberg area reflects rising popularity of anti-immigration party; Jewish group says party’s surge is something we ‘cannot simply accept’

By AP and ToI Staff

File: Bjoern Hoecke of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gives a TV interview during a congress for the party in Dresden, eastern Germany. - German prosecutors charged Hoecke on June 5, 2023 with using a banned Nazi slogan in an election campaign. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)

June 6, 2023, 3:55 am

German prosecutors charge far-right politician over Nazi slogan

Bjoern Hoecke, an Alternative for Germany (AfD) regional leader, allegedly used motto of Nazi’s Stormtroopers SA paramilitary wing ‘Everything for Germany’ at 2021 event

By AFP

Alice Weidel, co-faction leader of the Alternative for Germany party, delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, December 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

June 4, 2023, 3:52 am

Germany’s centrist parties alarmed as poll shows growing support for far right

Survey shows Alternative for Germany party on par with Chancellor Scholz’s Social Democrats, a steep gain since the 2021 election

By AP

German lawmaker Matthias Moosdorf campaigns for the right-wing populist AfD party in Zwckau, Germany on May 10, 2021. (Courtesy of Moosdorf)

May 3, 2023, 2:17 am

2 lawmakers from Germany’s right-wing populist AfD party visit Yad Vashem

Defending visit, chairman of national Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem says the site is open to all and ‘does not engage’ with German party’s members

By Canaan Lidor

File: People take refuge from rain under a tent of the youth wing of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as the AfD meets for the launch of the electoral campaign ahead of the 2021 federal elections, in Schwerin, northern Germany, on August 10, 2021. (John MACDOUGALL/AFP)

April 26, 2023, 5:56 pm

Germany labels youth wing of far-right AfD party as extremist group

Domestic security bureau’s move allows tougher monitoring of group as it pursues ‘anti-constitutional endeavors’ and spreads ‘hatred and exclusion’

By AFP

An unnamed suspect, second right, is escorted from a police helicopter by officers in Karlsruhe, Germany, Dec. 7, 2022 (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

December 10, 2022, 1:36 pm

Ex-cop tasked with protecting Jewish community said among German coup plot suspects

Celebrity chef whose daughter is girlfriend of Real Madrid soccer star also reportedly arrested; prosecutors confirm 23 detained in Germany, extradition sought for 2 more

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: Police perform a raid on suspected members of the Reichsbürger far-right group in Saaldorf, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Bodo Schackow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

December 8, 2022, 3:22 pm

German officials predict second wave of arrests over curious far-right coup plot

Top security official accuses AfD party of fueling conspiracy theories that sparked bizarre plan to storm parliament and overthrow the government

By Agencies

Felix Klein, Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany, speaks during a press conference on 'Stopping anti-Semitism, joint action required from politics and civil society' at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin, Germany, November 8, 2022. (Christian Marquardt/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

December 8, 2022, 8:06 am

As extremism grows, Germany approves 1st government plan to combat antisemitism

Berlin approves program designed to fight Jew-hatred at social, political level and make local Jewish life ‘visible’; EU antisemitism chief hails ‘milestone’ for country

By Toby Axelrod

Masked police officers lead Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, center, to a police vehicle during a raid against so-called 'Reich citizens' in Frankfurt, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

December 8, 2022, 2:47 am

Self-styled prince, ex-judge among those held for bizarre coup plot in Germany

3,000 cops raid 150 sites; federal prosecutors allege suspects believe in conspiracy theories such as narratives from the so-called Reich Citizens as well as QAnon ideology

By AP

Police officers stand by a searched property in Frankfurt during a raid against so-called Reich citizens in Frankfurt, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

December 7, 2022, 11:12 am

Germany busts far-right terror cell said planning coup with violent Reichstag attack

Authorities say 25 arrested; special forces army barracks said searched; group said to have been in contact with Russian officials; former AfD lawmaker and ex-soldiers detained

By Agencies

Alternative for Germany representative Holger Winterstein posing with outstretched arms on one of the stone slabs that form the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin (Twiter: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

October 12, 2022, 10:01 am

Israel protests as far-right German politician seen dancing on Holocaust memorial

Alternative for Germany representative Holger Winterstein pictured standing with arms outstretched on stone slab at Berlin memorial

By AP

Newly elected leaders of Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel, left and Tino Chrupalla arrive for a press conference in Berlin, Germany, September 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

June 19, 2022, 3:17 pm

Germany’s far-right AfD elects 2 new leaders after co-chair quits, citing extremism

Joerg Meuthen was 3rd leader to leave the party, warning of its increasingly radical ideology; delegates approve extreme-right proposal that will allow a single leader in future

By AP

People attend an election campaign event of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in front of the Charlottenburg palace in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 24, 2021. (Michael Sohn/AP)

March 9, 2022, 9:43 pm

German court authorizes surveillance of far-right AfD party

Rejecting legal challenge, ruling finds that anti-Islam, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany can be classified as a suspected threat to democracy

By AFP

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, left, gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, March 24, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

March 5, 2022, 6:07 pm

Europe’s far-right in a pickle over Ukraine war, Putin links

Nationalist leaders denounce Russian invasion while echoing the Kremlin’s claim that NATO expansion to blame; in surprise, some parties say open to welcoming Ukrainian refugees

By Isabelle Le Page

Charlotte Knobloch, second from right, attends a ceremony at the Regensburg Synagogue in Munich, Germany, Feb. 27, 2019. (Andreas Gebert/Getty Images via JTA)

January 15, 2022, 1:46 pm

Holocaust survivor leads Munich’s Jews, while living under police guard

Charlotte Knobloch, 89, is at the head of the German Jewish community during its unlikely revival, but admits concerns for its future: ‘We need to hang in and hope for better days’

By Cnaan Liphshiz