Alice Weidel and the family secret: the Nazi grandfather of the AfD leader. 'He was an SS and judge with Hitler'

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Hans Weidel, who died when his niece Alice was 6 years old, had been an SS and judge with Hitler

Berliner Morgenpost

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Hans Weidel was a member of the NSDAP, the SS and a military judge in World War II. This is shown by current research by “Welt”.

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Alice Weidel's grandfather Hans was a member of the NSDAP and SS and worked as a military judge during the war. The AfD leader says that this was never an issue in her family. She had no contact with her grandfather.