The co-chair of the AfD has told Elon Musk that Adolf Hitler was a communist. Alice Weidel, the co-chairwoman of the Alternative for Germany party, told the controversial billionaire that the "greatest success" of the postwar years was to rebrand him as far-right.

Islamic party labeled as right-wing-extremist by German security services, causing consternation in Berlin. Other German parties have ruled out working with the AfD.

Alice Weidel, the co-leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), insisted that her party was the “opposite” of the Nazis on Thursday night, as she stressed that Adolf Hitler was a socialist.