On the eve of Saxony-Anhalt's state election, Germany confronts a question it has not faced since the darkest chapter of its history: whether a far-right party can become the dominant political force in a German state. Thousands marched through Magdeburg in defense of democratic values as the AfD, polling above 40 percent and formally classified as a right-wing extremist organization by federal intelligence, stood poised for a historic breakthrough. The moment tests not only the resilience of Germany's post-war political consensus, but the capacity of democratic societies to hold their shape w