berlin german civil right group mobilize newly elect far-right alternative germany afd party hardline group vow avert even strong rightward lurch see neighbor countries thousands protesters expect eastern city dresden saturday anti-islam pegida movement celebrate third anniversary pegida patriotic europeans islamisation west see dwindle crowd since early 2015 afd absorb supporters afd almost 13 percent vote sept. 24 national election make third large party bundestag low house parliament first far-right party win seat half century exit poll show 60 percent afd voters cast protest vote many angry chancellor angela merkel 2015 decision allow million mainly muslim migrants experts say party rise also part global trend bring right-leaning party leaders power poland hungary recently austria germany mainstream party say work afd national level activists say must stake clear resistance afd comment islam issue parliament 14 16 state legislatures see strong grow movement people resist afd recent months big cities small towns need movement national scale say nora berneis aufstehen gegen rassismus stand racism group plan large protest northern city hanover dec. afd meet party conference party draw sharp criticism german journalists group seek data ethnic background political view journalists want cover conference christoph schott global activist group avaaz say 500,000 people sign open letter afd reject party xenophobic racist message afd rail call islamisation europe deny racist begin ally re-education efforts world war two germany develop intense civic education program government double fund project aim combat right-wing left-wing islamist extremism 100 million euros 2017 alone credit policies keep support far-right party low neighbor countries axel ruppert european network racism say afd aggressive rhetoric press boundaries acceptable discourse hate crimes rise police data show 14-percent rise right-wing extremist violent act 2016 anti-semitic crimes rise percent 681 first eight months 2017. afd entry parliament trigger long-overdue dialogue go wrong unification eastern western germany 1990 say michaela glaser german youth institute non-profit research association one silver line ... may things hide become visible something articulate address say german group mobilize rise far right