A mayoral race in a small city highlights the rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party

The German city of Nordhausen is best known as the location of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora. On Sunday, a mayoral election could again put the focus on the municipality of 42,000 people if a far-right candidate wins the vote. Joerg Prophet, a candidate from the populist far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, is the frontrunner in Sunday’s mayoral runoff vote.