PoliticsThe AfD and reckoning with Germany’s Nazi past

For the first time since World War Two, a far-right party has made a major breakthrough in Germany, winning nearly 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt. The Alternative for Germany, labelled “right-wing extremist” by domestic intelligence, leads national polls. Its state-level pledges include defunding “anti-German” art and teaching children less about Hitler under a “patriotism” agenda, challenging Germany’s decades-old historical memory.