Right-wing populism has been on the rise in Europe and elsewhere. Germany&;s foremost populist party is called Alternative for Germany (AfD). Founded in 2013 and entering Germany&;s federal parliament in 2017, the AfD increasingly moved towards right-wing extremism. Today, the party is Germany&;s most successful nationalistic party. Following the populist playbook, the AfD started off with a simple neoliberal and anti-Europe message, but soon moved towards the extreme right. By 2017 the AfD&;s ultra-nationalistic wing had successfully outmanoeuvred the party&;s moderate and neoliberal leader Frauke Petry. Written from the standpoint of openness, pluralism, liberalism, and democracy, this book examines the AfD&;s rise to fame, its successes, and the party&;s ideological links dating back to German Nazism of the 1930s. The author illuminates the party&;s ideological and institutional links to present-day Neo-Nazis; its close associations to the right-wing street movement Pegida; the recruitment of right-wing extremists and former Neo-Nazis into its parliamentarian ranks; its xenophobic, anti-Muslim, racist, and anti-Semitic ideologies; and its relationship to the neo-fascist Identity Movement.