According to official data, nearly 5,400 attacks against public and elected officials were carried out in Germany in 2023.
Germany will hold local elections on September 1 and could see the rise of the far-right AfD party in Thuringia.
In Sunday’s election, the AfD came in second to Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union and its more conservative Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union.
The festival has dealt with sufficient turmoil since barring the group from one of the largest events of its kind worldwide.
Hundreds of thousands of people protested across Germany against the AfD after a report that two senior party members had discussed plans for mass deportation of citizens with foreign backgrounds.
Newly elected Daniel Halemba is a member of the Teutonia Prague student fraternity, whose premises were raided by police in September.
The results brought the party closer than ever to power-sharing in both states.
The tech billionaire wrote that Germany was engaging in activity reminiscent of invasion.
Percentage of Germans with an 'antisemitic worldview' more than doubles in two years * Percentage who 'totally reject' antisemitism drops * Study comes days after 40+ Jewish gravestones overturned
Far-right parties have gained ground across Europe but the rise of the AfD touches a particularly sensitive nerve in Germany because of the country's Nazi past.
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