‘Nazis in the Reichstag’: All Eyes on Far-right AfD Party as Germans Vote in National Election

Sunday’s election will bring into parliament dozens of ultranationalist representatives that call of Germans to stop feeling guilty for the crimes of the Nazis

By Ofer Aderet
Sep 24, 2017

If the opinion polls can be believed, Sunday’s election will bring into the German parliament – for the first time since the 1950s – dozens of representatives from far-right parties that champion ultranationalism, xenophobia and a dangerous strain of patriotism that calls on Germans to stop feeling guilty for the crimes of the Nazis.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told Der Spiegel last week that if the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party actually makes it into the Bundestag, “Nazis will speak in the Reichstag for the first time in over 70 years.”

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