Free German Workers' Party
Free German Workers' Party Freiheitliche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei | |
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| Abbreviation | FAP |
| Leader | Martin Pape(1979–1988) Friedhelm Busse(1988–1995) |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Banned | 24 February 1995 |
| Headquarters | Bonn,Federal Republic of Germany |
| Membership(1987) | 500 |
| Ideology | Strasserism Neo-Nazism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Colors | Red, black and white |
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TheFree German Workers' Party(‹See Tfd›German:Freiheitliche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei;abbreviatedFAP) was aneo-Nazipolitical party in Germany. It was outlawed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in 1995.
History
[edit]The FAP was founded in 1979. However, it was largely insignificant until the banning of theAction Front of National Socialists/National Activistsin 1983 whenMichael Kühnenencouraged members to infiltrate this tiny group. A minor party (around 500 members in 1987) it experienced something of a growth afterGerman reunificationand sought, unsuccessfully, an alliance with theNational Democratic Party.[1]It contested the1987 federal electionand the1989 European electionsalthough in both instances it attracted negligible support.[2]
Associated withStrasserism,the FAP party managed to gain some support amongstfootball hooligansbut was damaged by Kühnen's homosexuality, and took a stand against him. The party continued underFriedhelm Bussefrom 1989 but it lost a number of members to new groups loyal to Kühnen, including theGerman Alternative(1989) and theNational Offensive(1990).[4]
The party was outlawed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 24 February 1995.
References
[edit]- ^D. Childs, 'The Far Right in Germany Since 1945' in L. Cheles, R. Ferguson & M. Vaughan,The Far Right in Western and Eastern Europe,1995, p. 301
- ^Paul Hainsworth,The Extreme Right in Europe and the USA,Pinter, 1992, p. 63
- ^Photos show use of this flag in the early 1990s
- ^C. T. Husbands, 'Militant Neo-Nazism in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1990s' in L. Cheles, R. Ferguson & M. Vaughan,The Far Right in Western and Eastern Europe,1995, p. 329
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