Published • loading... • Updated
Holocaust survivor 'appalled' by prospect of right wing in power in German state
Critics say the party’s program would shift history lessons away from the Nazi period and restore military memorials, while support has reached 30%, one poll showed.
- The Alternative for Germany party secured a victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, placing a far-right party within reach of power in a German state for the first time since the end of World War Two.
- Classified as right-wing extremist by the local Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Saxony-Anhalt branch of the AfD dismisses the designation as politically motivated.
- Its party program proposes a "patriotic cultural policy" focusing school history lessons away from the Nazi period to figures such as 19th-century "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck, which critics say aims to minimize Germany's past.
- "We're afraid. We know what happens – what happens to minorities, what happens to foreigners," said Holocaust survivor Eva Umlauf, expressing alarm at the far-right's rise amid rising antisemitic incidents in Europe.
- Ahead of September 20 votes, polls show growing support for the far-right in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as critics hope to mobilize the 70% of Germans who do not support the AfD's 30% average.
Insights by Ground AI
22 Articles
22 Articles
Eva Umlauf was two years old when she and her mother were freed from the Nazi death camp Auschwitz in January 1945. She says she is appalled to see that, more than 80 years later, the extreme right is once again on the rise in Germany.
·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Read Full Article
'I am appalled': Holocaust survivor raises alarm over far-right AfD victory in Germany
The Alternative for Germany party's victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday has left a far-right party within reach of power in a German state for the first time since World War II.
·Jerusalem, Israel
Read Full Article
After the election success of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt, thousands of people took to the streets in Cologne.
·Essen, Germany
Read Full ArticleCoverage Details
Total News Sources22
Leaning Left1Leaning Right5Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Center, 45% Right
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources are Center, 45% of the sources lean Right
46% Center
C 46%
R 45%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
