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11-06-2009, 01:34 PM
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Neo-Nazi Group Banned After Berlin Raids.
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Authorities in Berlin have banned a neo-Nazi group whose members publicly wore a black uniform similar to that worn by Adolf Hitler's paramilitary storm troops.
Police conducted dawn raids at the homes of leading members of the Frontbann 24 group, described as the fastest-growing neo-Nazi organisation in the city.
No-one was arrested in the raids but Ehrhart Koerting, the city's interior minister, said: "The ban should be seen in the context of a decisive fight against far-right efforts in Germany and as an important step towards protecting our free and democratic constitutional order."
The group, which takes its name from a forerunner to the storm troops set up in 1924, had previously published material insulting immigrants (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/immigration-asylum.html) and Jews.
A spokeswoman for Mr Koerting said the group had between 40 and 60 members but was quickly attracting more. No arrests were made during the raids.
The ban comes a few weeks after prosecutors in Germany charged three people suspected of creating Hitler Youth-style camps where uniformed children were schooled in far-right racial theory and shown Nazi propaganda.
Many mainstream politicians in Germany have also called for a ban on the most radical far-right party in Germany, the NPD, which has no seats in the national parliament but is represented in two of Germany's powerful regional assemblies.
The NPD, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, made little ground in national elections in September, scoring less than two percent of the vote.
In neighbouring Austria, a council is attempting to block the sale of the house where Adolf Hitler was born over fears it could become a shrine to neo-Nazis.
The owner of the house in Braunau-am-Inn wants to put it on the market with a likely asking price of over £2million.
Hitler was born in the house on April 20, 1889. His mother Klara and father Alois, rented a suite of rooms above a pub and lived in the apartment until 1892 when they moved to Linz.
The house is still owned by the family after which the pub took its name.
Owner Gelinde Pommer said she wants to sell because the tenants for the past two decades, handicapped people who worked and lived there under the care of a disabled organisation, are moving to more modern premises in January and she no longer wants to have the responsibility for it.
The mayor of Braunau, Gerhard Skiba, said ideally the town council would like to buy it and control its future fate.
But there is not enough money in the town coffers to buy the property and the council plans to appeal to the government in Vienna to help.
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Neo-Nazi Group Banned After Berlin Raids.
6 hours 32 mins ago
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Authorities in Berlin have banned a neo-Nazi group whose members publicly wore a black uniform similar to that worn by Adolf Hitler's paramilitary storm troops.
Police conducted dawn raids at the homes of leading members of the Frontbann 24 group, described as the fastest-growing neo-Nazi organisation in the city.
No-one was arrested in the raids but Ehrhart Koerting, the city's interior minister, said: "The ban should be seen in the context of a decisive fight against far-right efforts in Germany and as an important step towards protecting our free and democratic constitutional order."
The group, which takes its name from a forerunner to the storm troops set up in 1924, had previously published material insulting immigrants (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/immigration-asylum.html) and Jews.
A spokeswoman for Mr Koerting said the group had between 40 and 60 members but was quickly attracting more. No arrests were made during the raids.
The ban comes a few weeks after prosecutors in Germany charged three people suspected of creating Hitler Youth-style camps where uniformed children were schooled in far-right racial theory and shown Nazi propaganda.
Many mainstream politicians in Germany have also called for a ban on the most radical far-right party in Germany, the NPD, which has no seats in the national parliament but is represented in two of Germany's powerful regional assemblies.
The NPD, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, made little ground in national elections in September, scoring less than two percent of the vote.
In neighbouring Austria, a council is attempting to block the sale of the house where Adolf Hitler was born over fears it could become a shrine to neo-Nazis.
The owner of the house in Braunau-am-Inn wants to put it on the market with a likely asking price of over £2million.
Hitler was born in the house on April 20, 1889. His mother Klara and father Alois, rented a suite of rooms above a pub and lived in the apartment until 1892 when they moved to Linz.
The house is still owned by the family after which the pub took its name.
Owner Gelinde Pommer said she wants to sell because the tenants for the past two decades, handicapped people who worked and lived there under the care of a disabled organisation, are moving to more modern premises in January and she no longer wants to have the responsibility for it.
The mayor of Braunau, Gerhard Skiba, said ideally the town council would like to buy it and control its future fate.
But there is not enough money in the town coffers to buy the property and the council plans to appeal to the government in Vienna to help.
Connaught Ranger.