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The 'battle for the soul of Germany': how the AfD election win played out | BBC News
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11:24Now PlayingThe Alternative for Germany (AfD) is "very, very close" to taking power in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, its deputy parliamentary leader has told the BBC, after a historic victory in elections there.
It would be the first time a far-right party has governed a German state in the post-war era.
So how has the AfD – which insists it’s a conservative movement – won over voters? And why do critics compare the party to the Nazis?
BBC Berlin Correspondent Jessica Parker was on the ground in Saxony-Anhalt to find out.
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