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AfD speaker gives Hitler-like speech at Generation Germany event

Some suspect Alexander Eichwald may have been pulling a stunt by delivering the controversial speech.

Board of the newly AfD's youth organisation pose at the founding of Alternative for Germany's (AfD) new youth organisation "Generation Deutschland" in Giessen, Germany, November 29, 2025.
Spain's King Felipe welcomes German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a ceremony at the Royal Palace, in Madrid, Spain, November 26, 2025.

Steinmeier becomes first German head of state to visit Guernica since 1937 Nazi bombing

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'Go to Auschwitz': Former German Jewish student president sent antisemitic death threats

 ‘YOU CAN’T ban 10 million AfD voters.’ Amid the tensions in Germany over the rise of the far right, new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stands at the Neue Wache Memorial for Victims of War and Tyranny during commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Germany's new challenges 80 years after VE day: AfD, antisemitism, and new politics


Holocaust survivor to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote

The AfD, which is under state surveillance on suspicion of being right-wing extremist, has come under fire in the past for criticizing Germany's culture of remembrance around the Holocaust.

 Maximilian Krah, Alternative for Germany (AfD) party member and member of the European Parliament of the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, speaks during the European election assembly 2023 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, Germany, July 29, 2023.

Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

The threat AfD poses to Jews goes beyond rhetoric. If the party’s ideas on animal protection were to become law, it would become very difficult to keep kosher in Germany.

 Elon Musk is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, Germany, Jan. 25, 2025.

Yad Vashem chair denounces Musk's statements to far-right German party rally

Musk spoke in favor of voting for the far-right party, saying 'I'm very excited for the AfD; I think you're really the best hope for Germany...fight for a great future for Germany,'

 Elon Musk appearing before an AfD conference, January 25, 2025

German AfD politicians meet militant neo-Nazis in Switzerland

An event near Zurich in mid-December at which two AfD politicians spoke was organized by the Swiss neo-Nazi group Junge Tat and attended by members of Blood & Honour.

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Far-right European parties preach solidarity with Israel while practicing antisemitism - opinion

Anti-migration rhetoric may be the visible tip of the ideological iceberg, but below the surface lurk the same old antisemitic beliefs of the past.

ALICE WEIDEL, co-leader of the Alternative für Deutschland party, speaks in the Bundestag last week, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, setting the stage for a snap election.

JD Vance appears to defend Germany’s far-right AfD party

Vance seemed to back the flagship policy of a party that has unsettled Germany’s Jews.  

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance on the day of the debate between Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 10, 2024. REUTER

Far-right activists, AfD politicians slam proposal for new youth wing ahead of German elections

Many are rallying behind an organization that does not just operate as the AfD’s youth wing but also serves as a bridge between the parliamentary far-right and neo-Nazis.

 AfD members sit in voting booths on the day of the European election assembly 2023 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, Germany, July 29, 2023.

Germany's political crisis: What will happen after the snap elections?

The snap elections might create a new political crisis, however, since recent polls show the Conservatives will not have a partner to form a right-wing government.

(Left) Speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, APril 8, 2024

Israel’s dilemma: Navigating relations with Germany’s rising political extremes - opinion

As Germany's AfD and BSW gain traction in regional elections, Israel faces a tough choice: engage with these political extremes or maintain its stance of boycotting them altogether.

 AfD members sit in voting booths on the day of the European election assembly 2023 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, Germany, July 29, 2023.

'Everything for Germany': Bjoern Hoecke again fined for using banned Nazi phrase

Björn Höcke was ordered to pay €16,900 for chanting the first two words of the slogan “Everything For Germany,” or “Alles für Deutschland."

 Bjoern Hoecke, most prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany's hard-line wing, arrives for his expected verdict in Halle, Germany, July 1, 2024, on charges of using a banned Nazi slogan at a rally.