“Hammerskins” now banned: raid against neo-Nazis in Germany

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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