Outcry as Jews create own group in German far-right party
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October 7, 2018
BERLIN (AP) — Jewish members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, met in the southwestern German city of Wiesbaden on Sunday to create a Jewish section within the party — a move that drew strong condemnation from other Jews.
Nineteen people joined the new "Jews in the AfD" group, local media reported.
A leading member of the group, Wolfgang Fuhl, told the German news agency dpa, that only AfD members who were ethnically or religiously considered Jewish, could participate in the new group.
Some 250 people protested against the Jewish AfD group in nearby Frankfurt.
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