Coincidence or not, the party has timed its congress for the centenary of an infamous Nazi rally. But condemnation didn’t stop Hitler, and it’s not enough now, says historian and journalist Katja Hoye ...

For the first time since the end of the Nazi dictatorship, a far-right party has become the strongest force in a German state election. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) received almost a third of the ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, dealing a crushing blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government with only a ...

Björn Höcke has done more than take the far right into the mainstream. He is tilting the mainstream toward the far right. By Erika Solomon Erika Solomon reported from Halle, Germany, and the state of ...

Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate in Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, gestures as he walks through the state parliament, in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Bodo Schackow/dpa via ...

Almost three months after state elections in Thuringia, the Christian Democrats (CDU), the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) and the Social Democrats (SPD) presented a coalition agreement on Friday. If ...