People stand in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Sept. 2, 2024. “I don’t want to bring her up in a hostile environment.” The couple talked about a possible move west to Cologne — “people there are really open-minded” — but Kaempf is reluctant to take their daughter far from the toddler’s 91-year-old great-great-grandmother and other family …
ERFURT, Germany — It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print People wave German national flags …
BERLIN — Political opponents say he’s a Nazi and a court recently ruled he can be called a fascist, but to many Germans angry about immigration Bjoern Hoecke is the leader they’ve been waiting for. The vote in Thuringia, one of Germany’s 16 states, reflects the difficulty that mainstream parties have had confronting a politician who openly espouses racial ideology, …
BERLIN — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday it was putting the far-right Alternative for Germany under increased observation amid concerns that it is flirting with extremism. The domestic intelligence service BfV plans to examine public comments by Alternative for Germany members and its links to extremist groups, but stopped short of putting the party as a whole under covert …
