Concentration camp museum director joins campaign to ban Germany's AfD

The German far-right party AfD finished well in the European elections, but has also suffered serious legal setbacks.

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00:00An alliance of civil society organizations has called for a ban on the alternative for

00:05Germany, AFD, against the backdrop of the party's growth in the last European and local

00:11elections.

00:12Historian Jens-Christian Wagner said on Monday that the far-right AFD is too dangerous to

00:18be allowed to continue in German politics.

00:21AFD finished second with around 15.9 percent in the European Parliamentary Elections, and

00:51in early June.

00:52Campaigners at the AFD ban now say a procedure that enders and stops the populist far-right

00:58AFD party was badly needed.