Frontline: Germany’s Enemy Within

Tuesday, July 30 at 9 p.m.

In the almost 80 years since the Holocaust ended, Germany has worked to face and overcome its Nazi history, prominently acknowledging Nazi crimes and memorializing victims, establishing strict laws about antisemitism and hate speech, and becoming a global leader in welcoming refugees.

But over the past decade, Germany has faced a rising wave of far-right violence and plots against Jews, Muslims, immigrants and politicians. And with crucial elections looming, a far-right party now appears more ascendant than at any other time since World War II.

Amid accusations that the party, the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), has provoked violence, “Germany’s Enemy Within,” a new “Frontline” documentary premiering July 30, investigates the overlapping rise of the AfD and far-right extremism in modern-day Germany.

This article was previously seen on PBS.org.