Germany - Nazi Hunter Chosen as Presidential Candidate - NYTimes.com Beate Klarsfeld, who spent decades fighting fascism and rooting out former Nazis with her husband, will run for president against a former East German rights activist. The Left Party nominated Ms. Klarsfeld, 73, on Monday, to run against Joachim Gauck, who emerged last week as a consensus candidate to replace the former head of state, Christian Wulff, who resigned amid allegations of accepting favors from businessmen while in office. Ms. Klarsfeld, whose Nazi-hunting exploits were portrayed by Farrah Fawcett in a 1986 television movie, is considered unlikely to win. Mr. Gauck has the backing of Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-left coalition, as well as that of the main opposition parties, the Social Democrats and the Greens.