Amnesty International, Seebrücke and other organisations called for the rally under the slogan "Firewall instead of arson".
The tech billionaire made the controversial comment at an AfD rally, two days before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The protests took place while AfD was opening its election campaign in the central city of Halle on Saturday.
The latest projections at 8pm on Sunday indicate that the ruling SPD maintains its narrow lead on the far-right AfD, but its leader urged members to...
Polls predict more success for the far-right AfD party in Brandenburg; weeks ago the party made massive gains in Thuringia and Saxony state elections.
Germans are casting their votes on Sunday in Saxony and Thuringia, in the east of the country, in an election that could see the far-right Alternative...
In Thuringia, which has a population of 2.1 million and where the famous Buchenwald concentration camp memorial is located, the fiercely anti-immigration AfD is leading with...
The war in Ukraine has dominated the political discussion ahead of three east German state elections in September. Both far-left and far-right parties are demanding negotiations...
The new group, called Europe of Sovereign Nations, immediately becomes the most radical force of the right in the European Parliament.
The group would become the most radical in the hemicycle and likely be cordoned off by mainstream forces.