# The AfD and reckoning with Germany’s Nazi past

https://mins.news/en/video/53512

- BBC News, 2026-09-10 18:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB48KiX0eac

> 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.

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