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Will AfD’s historic win affect Holocaust remembrance in Germany? - analysis

Some of Alternative for Germany's regional branches, including in Saxony-Anhalt, have been classified as right-wing extremist organizations by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency.

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Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Ulrich Siegmund attends the AfD election party after polls closed in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections and exit polls were announced, in Magdeburg, Germany, September 6, 2026.
Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Alice Weidel attends a press conference the day after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Berlin, Germany September 7, 2026.

Far-right AfD's Weidel targets 40% in next German federal election after state victory

"My stated goal is to significantly widen the gap in a very short time and grow to at least 40% for the next federal election," said Weidel.

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Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Ulrich Siegmund, and party co leader Tino Chrupalla react from the stage at the AfD election party, after exit polls in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, in Magdeburg, Germany, September 6, 2026.

European leaders voice concern as Germany's far-right AfD wins key state election

"It seems they're just a few votes short of an absolute majority, but this is indeed a very worrying sign," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Radio Vox FM.

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Lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, makes a selfie with a supporter during the final campaign rally on the eve of state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on September 5, 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany.

How will an AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt impact Germany - and should Jews be worried?

German voters in Saxony-Anhalt could give the right-wing extremist political party, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, its most significant achievement since its founding in 2013.

|ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA

German delegation to Israel shunned due to participation of far-right MP

According to the Algemeiner, the delegation arrived in the country on Sunday for a cyber-security conference in Tel Aviv and a meeting with top scientists at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

JUNE 27, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
Supporters of the Anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) hold German flags during a protest in Berlin, Germany May 27, 2018

Far-right German lawmakers walk out on Holocaust survivor speech

"The so-called AfD bases it politics on hate and exclusion and doesn't abide by our democratic constitution," Knobloch said in her speech.

JANUARY 23, 2019ByREUTERS
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Jewish supporters of far-right AfD party favor kosher ban

“Enabling kosher slaughter is important for Jews, but not essential for survival,” the Jewish support group, calling itself Jews in the AfD, said in a statement that was posted on social media.

DECEMBER 5, 2018ByJTA
Supporters of the Anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) hold German flags during a protest in Berlin, Germany May 27, 2018

German Jews call far-right party's 'Jews in the Afd' a marketing ploy

Alternative for Germany's Fuhl says they are probably the most pro-Israel party in the Bundestag

OCTOBER 8, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON, REUTERS
Alice Weidel and Alexander Gauland, top candidates of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD)

German AfD party condemns member for calling Hitler attacker a traitor

Leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) condemned a party member on Thursday for branding a German officer who tried to kill Adolf Hitler a traitor.

AUGUST 2, 2018ByREUTERS
King Victor Emanuel III, (R) Adolf Hitler (C) and Benito Mussolini (L) watch fascist troops march past from a balcony in central Rome in this 1941 television file footage.

AFD chief rebuked for playing down Nazis in German history

Alexander Gauland compared Hitler and the Nazis to no more than "bird shit" in Germany's history.

JUNE 2, 2018ByREUTERS
Demonstrators protest against the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) after German general election

Germany's AfD confirms politicians exchanged antisemitic, racist texts in group chat

The party has reportedly disciplined the members involved in the WhatsApp group.

MAY 18, 2018ByREUTERS
Demonstrators protest against the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) after German general election

Germany's AfD decides not to expel critic of Holocaust memorial

Bjoern Hoecke criticized the memorial in Berlin to victims of the Nazi Holocaust as a "monument of shame."

MAY 9, 2018ByREUTERS
Bjoern Hoecke of the right-wing Alternative for Germany stands outside the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany

Former Mossad agent praises German nationalist ultra-right party AfD

"The AfD is a great hope for many people, not only in Germany but also for us in Israel and in many Western countries."

FEBRUARY 4, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD
Alexander Gauland, top candidate of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, September 25, 2017.

German far-right politician converts to Islam

Arthur Wagner quit his AfD leadership post in the eastern state of Brandenburg.

JANUARY 24, 2018ByREUTERS
An Imam performs Friday prayers on Skalitzer Strasse (street) in Berlin September 19, 2014.