The Socialists (so-called, anyway) that ran East Germany from the end of the war to 1990 had as their official propaganda that there were no Nazis left there at all after the war, and all Nazis and neo-Nazis left were all in West Germany. They claimed, therefore, that being free of all Nazis meant they had no obligation to combat Nazi-style thinking. Never mind that even their "People's Army (NVA" ) kept the Nazi uniform (except for the helmet) and their goose-stepping march. Their inward-pointing, movement-activated machine guns on the east-west border were a typical extension of Nazi military technology. They didn't kill a lot of East Germans, but quite a few deer met their fate in the woods at the border.
Here in the west, there is a small percentage of AfD voters, unfortunately handed somewhat of a free ride by the large influx of Muslim refugees. But what little ground they have gained here seems to have stabilized.
My girls, who grew up here, went to the Anne Frank Elementary school. I never saw any school with that name in the USA. The locals chose that particular school to bear Anne Frank's name because the Nazis had used the building as their local HQ during the war, and the people of this town felt it was an appropriate gesture. Part of the school curriculum is learning about Anne Frank, how and why she became such an important historical figure.
The Jewish communities in Germany were, of course, decimated during the years 1933-1945, so going after them here is more chasing a ghost than anything else. It's as if the Trumpanzees in Arizona were to suddenly have an increase in anti-Apache propaganda. There are more Trumpanzees in Arizona than there are Apaches left in North America.
There are an estimated 120,000 Jews currently living in Germany. There are over forty times that many AfD voters. If all the Jews in Germany were to move to New York tomorrow, I doubt either place would notice. Anti-Semites here would just find someone else to hate. Haters always do.
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