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Today elections happened in three states in Germany. The results are... Weird. And terrifying. There is a party from the political far right on the rise, the AfD ("Alternative for Germany"). A couple of years ago I didn't even know who they are. But apparently they were only founded in 2013. They are essentially a bunch of racists, xenophobics and EU-critics. Today in one state they got 23% of the votes. The refugee crisis is now putting them into the spotlight. At the end of January their spokesperson, Frauke Petry, said that refugees who resist at the border and then try to get in should be shot. Men, women, children... Doesn't matter. This whole situation honestly terrifies me. The Germans are not satisfied with how the crisis was handled, our current government and the EU are not capable of dealing with the crisis properly and now these people are on the rise. During the early 20th century something very similar happened. One man took advantage of the commotion and the unsatisfied Germans. His party then slowly but surely took over. I hope we learned our lesson and won't let that happen again...