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

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

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.

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”.