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As the ministry announced on Tuesday, early in the morning police forces searched the apartments of 28 suspected members of the association in ten states: Saxony, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, North Rhineland. Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Thuringia and Saarland.
The neo-Nazi group is an offshoot of a group from the US and has existed in Germany since the early 1990s.
The reason given was that the association was against the constitutional order and against the idea of international understanding. Furthermore, the purpose and activities of the association were contrary to criminal law. During the group’s concert events, even non-members with right-wing extremist ideas are ideologized.
The preparations took over a year
According to the ministry, government agencies and federal states have been working together for more than a year to prepare for the ban. There was also cooperation with American partner authorities.
Right-wing extremist organizations that have been banned in recent years include ‘Combat 18’ and ‘Nordadler’. According to the ministry, this is the twentieth ban on a right-wing extremist organization by the Ministry of the Interior.
The ban is “a hard blow against organized right-wing extremism”, according to Minister of the Interior Faeser. This gives “a clear signal against racism and anti-Semitism”. Right-wing extremism is still “the greatest extremist threat to our democracy”. She stressed: “That is why we continue to act with all determination to destroy right-wing extremist structures.” (SDA)
Source: Blick
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