Success of German far-right party in EU election has many Jews hearing echoes of Nazi past
In Sunday’s election, the AfD came in second to Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union and its more conservative Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union.
Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany political party, celebrate at the AfD election evening gathering following the release of initial election results in European parliamentary elections in Berlin, June 9.(photo credit: SEAN GALLUP/GETTY IMAGES)ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
