Germany's "firewall" against the far right backfired, historian says

Germany's so-called firewall strategy — designed to keep the far right away from power — first cracked three years ago in a town of around 9,000 people, according to a historian quoted in the article. The exclusion policy is said to have backfired, strengthening rather than marginalising the far right. Today all of Germany faces a far more serious challenge from the movement.