In Pictures
Germany’s far right: From the AfD to neo-Nazis
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is set to enter Germany’s Bundestag on Sunday, but it is not alone on the far right.
![In March, several far-right groups held an anti-immigration rally under the banner 'Merkel Must Go' in Berlin. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9cc34726ab234cee8ec979bd81fb4730_8.jpeg?resize=1170%2C780)
23 Sep 2017
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is expected to enter the country’s Bundestag for the first time after Sunday’s federal elections.
The AfD has ramped up attacks on Chancellor Angela Merkel in recent weeks, accusing her of betraying the country for allowing the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants.
The latest polls predict that the AfD will secure some 12 percent of the vote, safely securing its entry into the Bundestag.
Yet, Germany has a long history of grappling with far-right movements since the end of World War II, and the AfD is not the only player on the far-right political terrain.
Al Jazeera has compiled photos from its coverage of Germany’s far right in recent years.
![A far-right demonstrator's shirt reads: 'Let's change the politicians before they change the German people.' [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1e2b8707a0814d7aac2adc992c09053f_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C782)
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![A group of National Resistance - Northern Division activists rally against refugees in March 2017. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/827ab749f15849a881ef212676eb8c0b_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![Robert Timm, the Berlin-based spokesperson for the Identitarian Movement, told Al Jazeera that Muslims 'are foreign to German culture'. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/96d58814402e4179a9ad56083f4d6362_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C782)
![Far-right activists wave banners that read 'Refugees not welcome' at a Berlin rally in March 2017. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21f737658095408daf5f958c34fba914_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![An anti-fascist demonstrator holds a sign that reads 'Berlin stop Nazis' in March 2017. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/96db467b2c4a4ef1a37610827c437b84_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![A sticker outside the German Bundestag reads 'FCK AFD', referring to the far-right populist party expected to win seats in the federal elections on Sunday. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/d77a29c3e0f34ff7b2af6a25f7bfe2fa_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
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![Anette Schultner, spokesperson for 'the Christians in the AfD', claims that refugees are seeking to impose Islamic law in Germany. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/18d086028dcc4bc8b256897a5bf2364c_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C782)
![Petra Pau, a member of The Left in the German parliament, told Al Jazeera that Germans 'need to fight racism 365 days a year' at a refugee solidarity rally in March 2016. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/70018df22fcb4f5a98dabfc905fb224d_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![Demonstrators from the centre-left Social Democrat Party held a banner reading 'Nazis out of Berlin' at a refugee solidarity rally in March 2016. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/58099f5512584092b5b72c14fa8016fa_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![Participants of a neo-Nazi rally make their way to an anti-refugee march in eastern Berlin in March 2016. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/18b4b68222c745dfaa23406e3c9c1785_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![Neo-Nazis march in eastern Berlin to voice their opposition to refugees in Germany. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/11b42ee7190a44b6b9f23b041686d772_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![A participant of a neo-Nazi rally in eastern Berlin wears a shirt that reads 'Support Germany'. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/5f829e2d890345e3befe6cf0d240bbb8_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
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