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Holocaust survivor 'appalled' by prospect of right wing in power in German state
The party’s program calls for less emphasis on Nazi history in schools and has drawn criticism as support rises to 30%, officials said.
- The Alternative for Germany party secured a victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, placing a far-right party within reach of power in a German state for the first time since the end of World War Two.
- Classified as right-wing extremist by the local Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Saxony-Anhalt branch of the AfD dismisses the designation as politically motivated.
- Its party program proposes a "patriotic cultural policy" focusing school history lessons away from the Nazi period to figures such as 19th-century "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck, which critics say aims to minimize Germany's past.
- "We're afraid. We know what happens – what happens to minorities, what happens to foreigners," said Holocaust survivor Eva Umlauf, expressing alarm at the far-right's rise amid rising antisemitic incidents in Europe.
- Ahead of September 20 votes, polls show growing support for the far-right in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as critics hope to mobilize the 70% of Germans who do not support the AfD's 30% average.
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'I am appalled': Holocaust survivor raises alarm over far-right AfD victory in Germany
The Alternative for Germany party's victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday has left a far-right party within reach of power in a German state for the first time since World War II.
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After the election success of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt, thousands of people took to the streets in Cologne.
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