Mr. Höcke sued the artist who had secretly rented the neighboring property and prepared the stunt over many months. He even launched criminal proceedings against him. And the replica of the Holocaust memorial remains. But where civil and criminal proceedings have failed, a state prosecutor has stepped in, it emerged Wednesday. Mr. Höcke’s party, the far-right Alternative for Germany, the country’s third-largest party in Parliament, is particularly strong in the former Communist East of the country.

Source: New York Times April 03, 2019 20:21 UTC