AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right
A massive leak of 421,179 internal emails from the German political party AfD has been published online. The content reveals evidence of racism, antisemitism, and violent rhetoric among party supporters.
Why it matters
The leak provides significant insight into the internal culture of a major far-right political party, potentially impacting German political discourse.
Hackers have published 281 GB of AfD emails as AI summaries, showing widespread antisemitism, racism, violent fantasies and alleged financial misconduct.
A vast archive of hacked emails from the AfD was published online on Monday: 281 GB containing 421,179 internal party emails. And, for anyone who might have grown confused about claims of antisemitism while it was plastered over the German news media in the weeks following the Berlin election: here you can see what it really looks like.
In email after email, party supporters use racist slurs and share antisemitic theories of Jewish world domination; there are jokes about turning refugees into handbags and boots, discussions of whether refugees should be shot at the border, a Christmas card sent with a swastika and “Heil Hitler”, and an email thread signed off with “Heil und Sieg”.
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