Timeline: The rise of Germany's most successful far-right party since the Nazis

FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Alternative for Germany (AfD) party does a Hitler salute during a protest against the government, amid skyrocketing energy prices, in Berlin, Germany, October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Mang/

BERLIN (Reuters) - Following are some of the key moments in the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), the country's' most successful far-right party since the Nazis were in power.

2013 - The Alternative for Germany is founded by a group of academics, journalists and businessmen as an anti-euro party during the euro zone crisis. The party wants Germany to quit the euro and reintroduce the Deutsche Mark.