In the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland claimed 44 percent of the vote on Sunday, a result that reverberated through Magdeburg's streets the following morning like the aftershock of something long feared. The party, classified as extremist by German intelligence, has promised to dismantle the post-war culture of historical reckoning and to begin mass deportations — a vision that leaves immigrant families, elderly survivors of displacement, and liberal Germans alike confronting the fragility of the democratic order built after 1945. What unfolds n
German far-right AfD's landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt sends shockwaves across Europe
Immigrant communities and asylum seekers face potential deportation threats; Syrian teenager and Vietnamese shopkeeper express anxiety about their families' futures in Germany.
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