By Sabine Ehrhardt HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – Members of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party elected a right-wing nationalist to be their co-leader on Saturday, signaling a possible toughening of tone before regional votes next year. A party congress chose Alexander Gauland – who once defended an AfD member who had said history should be rewritten to focus on German victims of World War Two – to return to the post he had held until 2015. As members deliberated, thousands of anti-AfD protesters marched outside carrying placards reading “Hanover against Nazis” and “Stand up to racism”.
