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Neo-Stasi*
regime
German far-right group banned Berlin described it as a cornerstone of the extreme right with links to the National Democratic Party. The German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said children must be protected from the group’s nauseating activities.** “This shows we are determined to fight neo-Nazism, right-wing extremism and xenophobia,” he said. “This is a disgusting organization which tries to seduce young people into neo-Nazism using the cover of leisure activities. We will crack down on that with the full weight of the law.” The HDJ is the latest incarnation of another banned group called Viking, which [allegedly] tried to indoctrinate children against Jews and foreigners at summer camps. Schaeuble banned two more groups last May, calling them “reservoirs of Holocaust® deniers.” Viking was banned 14 years ago for similar reasons. Its memorabilia features slogans and symbols on the very edge of legality in Germany. For example the Swastika is outlawed, so the groups use an altered version. Recent figures make alarming reading: it’s claimed that one in five of 15-year old German youths have links with the far-right. *The Stasi: Acronym for the secret police of the former Communist regime in the eastern part of a truncated postwar Germany **Most alarming, young people were being indoctrinated with ideas of racial purity and trained in military-style discipline. http://www.euronews.net/2009/03/31/german-far-right-group-banned/ Also
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