“There is little in the archives from those years,” my colleague Reverend Karl explained over beers one evening. “Oh, my God.”“Yes — Mr. Weber owns nearly all the photographs from that time because they were confiscated by The Party,” Reverend Karl explained. Reverend Karl seemed to take my stunned silence as acceptance and continued down the drive to a rambling, surprisingly modern-looking wood-paneled house. Looking over the cup’s rim, I considered Mr. Weber as he spoke in German to Reverend Karl. In Germany, an extremist anti-immigration party, the AfD — the Alternative for Germany Party — has risen.
