despite concerns about her safety, margret sturm refuses to be silenced. e been telling people to stand up and speak out, because, if we don't mobilize civil society, things are going to get really bad. malcolm: there's an optician in this town who says that she's had death threats against her for speaking out against the afd. ingo: yes. yes. malcolm: what do you think of that? ingo: i think that is disgusting, because -- i do not know who does that, but there are always -- everywhere, you find crazy people, you find hateful people. malcolm: once a week in sonneberg, there are anti-government demonstrations which match the afd's platform. is this the path that german y will follow, or will it emulate ostelsheim, where adil, the syrian computer engineer, has great expectations? adil: it shows that, here, the limit is the sky. i hope to -- not to be limited to small villages. i hope it will go to the parliament and to other important positions in germany. but this is a good indication, i think. malcolm: while millions of migrants and germans wish ryyan alsheb

despite concerns about her safety, margret sturm refuses to be silenced. >> i've been telling peoplend speak out. because if we don't mobilize civil society, things are going to get really bad. reporter: there's an optician in this town who says she's had death threats for speaking out against the afd, what do you think of that? >> i think it is disgusting. i do not know who does that but everywhere you will find crazy people, hateful people. reporter: once a week in sonneberg, there are anti-government demonstrations which match the afd's platform. is this the example that german will follow? or will it emulate ostelsheim where adil, the syrian computer engineer, has great expectations? >> it shows here that the limit is the sky. i hope to go to important positions in germany. reporter: while millions of migrants and germans wish ryyan alshaebl every success, there are others willing him to fail. the burden on his young shoulders is enormous. for "the pbs newshour," i'm malcolm brabant in southern germany. ♪ william: the american flag is one of the world's most recognizable symbols,