AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt raises questions about school trips to Nazi camps

The far-right AfD party won regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, and observers claim its local leader plans to end school trips to former Nazi concentration camps. However, no such explicit proposal has been made public. The AfD's regional program does not mention Holocaust memorials but targets the state agency funding these educational trips, calling it a "left-wing indoctrination" body. It plans to replace it with an institute focused on "national identity" and "patriotism," potentially shifting funds away from memorial visits. The party's broader agenda includes revising history curricula to emphasize Germany's 1871 empire as a model, criticizing a "guilt complex" about Nazism. A 2025 motion for a "German Reich route" tourist trail was rejected by other parties.