CEDADE

Spanish Circle of Friends of Europe Círculo Español de Amigos de Europa
Abbreviation	CEDADE
Leader	Ángel Ricote Pedro Aparicio Pedro Varela Geiss
Founded	1966
Dissolved	1993
Headquarters	Barcelona
Ideology	Neo-Nazism
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CEDADE(from the initials ofCírculo Español de Amigos de Europaor 'Spanish Circle of Friends of Europe') was a Spanishneo-Nazigroup that concerned itself with co-ordinating international activity and publishing.

History

The group began life in 1966, underFranco's rule,ostensibly as a society for the appreciation ofRichard Wagnerbut before long it had taken on a neo-Nazi dimension, influenced by the likes ofOtto Skorzeny,who was a founding member.CountingLéon Degrelleamong its leading members, the Circle became a study group and publishing house for materials relating toNazismandHolocaust denial,with a remit towards closer co-operation acrossEurope.Initially led by Ángel Ricote, the group looked towardsItalian fascismfor inspiration, but under Pedro Aparicio it moved towards a Nazi position.

CEDADE, whose headquarters were located inBarcelona,established a branch inMadridin 1973. The group had 2,500 Spanish members by 1985, with smaller groups also active elsewhere.Among those associated with the group was Klaus Georg Barbie, the son ofKlaus Barbie,who was revealed byEl Paísto have worked closely with CEDADE whilst living in Barcelona between 1965 and 1978.Internationally CEDADE also maintained close links to the likes ofMark Fredriksen,Bela Ewald Althans,Povl Riis-Knudsen,Salvador Borrego,Wilfred von OvenandRichard Edmonds.Secretary Jordi Mota also established links between CEDADE andKlaus Barbie,with whom Mota was on friendly terms.

Taking a European outlook, it set up groups inFrance,as well as inLatin Americaand registered as apolitical partyin 1979 under the name ofPartido Europeo Nacional Revolucionario(European National Revolutionary Party), although this initiative was not pursued.As a publishing house, however, CEDADE continued to grow and was soon publishing for a number of movements inAustriaandGermany.Using the nameEdiciones Wotanfor this initiative, it published works by the likes of Degrelle andFrancis Parker Yockeyand collaborated closely with theLiberty Lobbyin theUnited States.

Financial difficulties forced a major scaling down in activities around 1989-90 however, although the group did host an international centenary celebration ofHitler'sbirthday in 1989.The problems inherent in the movement did not go away however and they were officially dissolved in October 1993.Members drifted away into various movements, with only Project IES representing a serious attempt at refoundation. This group was ultimately merged into a far right party,National Democracy.