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The Alternative for Germany, a far-right political party, is among the world’s most extreme major parties. It echoes Nazi messaging. It has ties to President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and it traffics in anti-Muslim and antisemitic language. The party — known as the AfD, an abbreviation of Alternative für Deutschland — is so extreme that Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far right, broke with it.

The AfD is also alarmingly popular. It finished second in this year’s parliamentary elections and first among voters younger than 45. As many Germans have become frustrated with their country’s........

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