'We do not cooperate with Nazis!' says leader of rival party after Stefan Jagsch of the extremist National Democratic Party unanimously elected in Altenstadt

Artists cover slogans in Dortmund with colorful images in move sanctioned by city authorities and police after project was commissioned by civil society group

Demonstration takes place in heart of eastern city of Dresden, which has also become cradle of Islamophobic movement Pegida and a stronghold for AfD

Alaa Sheikhi, 24, whose murder of Daniel Hillig on August 26, 2018, sparked extremist rallies against Muslim immigration, gets 9.5 years in prison

Andreas Kalbitz, AfD candidate in state of Brandenburg, insists his biography is not extremist, but critics say the facts show otherwise

Historian says Polish plan for historical reenactments at site where Holocaust decisions were made is 'insane and outrageous'

Country is home to more than 24,000 far-right extremists, more than half of them potentially violent

'We wanted to dry the Nazis out,' says local activist George Salditt after they purchased all the beer in town

Investigators still probing whether anyone else was involved; suspect known to police as far-right extremist with convictions for violent crimes dating from the late 1980s to 2009

Call comes after a man with anti-migrant views allegedly killed a regional official from Merkel's party.