@RickiTarr let's just tamper down all the exaggerating comments on this thread.

The Economist is neither ignorant nor holocaust denying nor tone deaf.

This is legitimately uncharted territory for the German states and federal system.

It is not a repeat of the 1920s nor 1930s. Germany is in a far better place today than then. It's wealthier, integrated into a system of international alliances and conventions. Our constitution is stronger than Weimar's and the political system has a long post-war history of stability.

The introduction of the AfD and BSW are a unique challenge to this system and a product of said system.

They are not the NSDAP and neither Wagenknecht nor Höcke are a "new Hitler".

They are a threat to the country and Europe, but they pose a unique threat, will have unique consequences and will need unique strategies to oppose them.

Equating our current time with the rise of the NSDAP is ignorant and ignorance is the most dangerous thing when facing fascists and populists.