Members of the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party have said there should be less apology for Germany's Nazi past and other periods of its history should be celebrated instead. "Remembering the crimes... is a responsibility which never ends. It belongs inseparably to our country," Merkel said during her first visit as chancellor to the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp. Merkel said Auschwitz "demands that we keep the memory alive". The chancellor also addressed a rise of anti-Semitic and other hate crimes in Germany in recent years, saying they had reached an "alarming level".

Source: The Local December 06, 2019 13:07 UTC