The protests were sparked after investigative outlet Correctiv revealed that members of the AfD had taken part in a secret meeting in the city of Potsdam in November to discuss expelling millions of foreigners and "non-assimilated" citizens from Germany. According to Correctiv, the meeting was also attended by neo-Nazis, sympathetic business people and also two members of Germany's main opposition party, the center-right CDU. The revelations hit a nerve in Germany and brought back painful memories of the country's dark past.
Far-right politicians and commentators posted pictures challenging the number of protesters in Hamburg: 'Was Hamburg so full that people stood in the Alster River?' said far-right politician Bjorn Hocke on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
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