As two German states prepare to vote on Sunday, the far-right Alternative for Germany party stands at the threshold of a deeper entrenchment in the country's political life — a moment that echoes, for those who lived through the worst of the twentieth century, with unsettling familiarity. The AfD's surge, following a landslide in Saxony-Anhalt, has drawn emergency responses from the governing establishment, stark warnings from Holocaust survivors, and overtures from Moscow, weaving together threads of democratic anxiety, historical memory, and geopolitical calculation. What is being measured i
German state elections loom as AfD surges, security threats mount
Jewish community members report renewed antisemitism and death threats; some Jews considering leaving Germany amid AfD's political rise.