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AfD leader Stefan Marzischewski said that the results showed the party was “in the fast lane in the former West German states.” Central Council of Jews in Germany President Josef Schuster said ...

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Too frequently are citizens called upon to wrestle with their conscience whether or not to respond, especially when the nation’s leaders make irresponsible, irrational or misleading utterances.