Several thousand people took to the streets of Berlin and the western German city of Freiburg on Wednesday evening to demonstrate against right-wing extremism. The organizers of the Freiburg demonstration reported 10,000 participants. A police spokesman estimated 6,000 to 7,000 people. According to the police, some 3,500 people took to the streets in Berlin. Demonstrators gathered with placards such as “Nazis out” and slogans against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Björn Höcke in front of Berlin’s red-brick town hall. The rally comes days after an investigative report sa…