Neo-Nazi Group Banned After Berlin Raids.

Connaught Ranger · 11-06-2009, 02:34 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 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.

goat89 · 11-06-2009, 02:34 PM

Jacked u a-holes. Thx for post Ranger.

dttk0009 · 11-06-2009, 02:38 PM

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.

I'm pretty shocked that this kind of stuff still goes on back home. =/

Mackie · 11-06-2009, 03:13 PM

2 million for Hitlers house.
Let's buy it an blow it up.
That would be viral marketing for MP.net.

Atlantic Friend · 11-06-2009, 03:42 PM

Didn't the SA wear brown uniforms?

Connaught Ranger · 11-06-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Atlantic Friend

Didn't the SA wear brown uniforms?

They did, however, the reference is to the early ss.

Atlantic Friend · 11-06-2009, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Connaught Ranger

They did, however, the reference is to the early ss.

Oh, sorry, missed that. I thought the Neo-Nazis had somehow reached another level of ignorance.

muck · 11-06-2009, 04:09 PM

Ze Teutons again!

Seriously, they did not even have enough evidence to arrest these people. They're just another bunch of stick-in-the-mud morons with a faible for fancy clothing. This is hardly newsworthy. Our problems with Neonazism are so marginal that even our government has finally got its head out of its arse and decided that there is a more urgent need to combat other forms of extremism.

tluassa · 11-06-2009, 05:23 PM

Things dont look good for "movement"

" 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. "

Nazis ****ed up and are on the brink of slow extinction despite economic troubled times.

gazell · 11-06-2009, 06:02 PM

'the group had between 40 and 60 members'

Seems a big deal. Not that I know them but isn't it boo-baah news?

TheKorean · 11-06-2009, 08:40 PM

I understand why Germany is doing this but...this is still a censorship. Its completely unnecessary. Most Germans know Nazi=bad.

muck · 11-06-2009, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gazell

'the group had between 40 and 60 members'

Seems a big deal. Not that I know them but isn't it boo-baah news?

I'll base my comment on the answer what boo-baah news is.

I mean, get real people. There were some diehard clowns with a faible for Nazi clothing and the most serious things they got their hands dirty with were illegal possession of Nazi memorabilia and lashing out against ethnic minorities. If this bunch of idiots represents the fastest-growing Neonazi group in Germany - with a "frightening" number of merely 60 co-clowns - then it's safe to say that serious problems cry for our attention.

gazell · 11-07-2009, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by muck

I'll base my comment on the answer what boo-baah news is.

I mean, get real people. There were some diehard clowns with a faible for Nazi clothing and the most serious things they got their hands dirty with were illegal possession of Nazi memorabilia and lashing out against ethnic minorities. If this bunch of idiots represents the fastest-growing Neonazi group in Germany - with a "frightening" number of merely 60 co-clowns - then it's safe to say that serious problems cry for our attention.

Just what my impression was. Yes, they are monitored, as needed. They can be rounded up as there are laws against such memorabilia and then it's a point for the state, how well they are doing. Plenty of nutjobs like that out and about.

However, some with weapon trading and not a classroom size seem more important in my view, though I'm talking from another country and do not know the German situation well enough at all.

koalorka · 11-08-2009, 10:05 AM

So what's being done in Germany to prevent the spread of militant far-left efforts?

Bacilluspolymyxa · 11-08-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by koalorka

So what's being done in Germany to prevent the spread of militant far-left efforts?

I believe they arrested some this year after an arson attack on military vehicles I think they were connected to the Die Linke group.

11-06-2009, 02:34 PM	#2
goat89 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Republic of Singapore, but in Canada studying Posts: 6,334	Jacked u a-holes. Thx for post Ranger.

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dttk0009 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Age: 25 Posts: 182	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. I'm pretty shocked that this kind of stuff still goes on back home. =/

11-06-2009, 03:13 PM	#4
Mackie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Stuttgart Posts: 1,963	2 million for Hitlers house. Let's buy it an blow it up. That would be viral marketing for MP.net.

11-06-2009, 03:42 PM	#5
Atlantic Friend Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Milgram Experiment byproduct Age: 39 Posts: 6,291	Didn't the SA wear brown uniforms?

11-06-2009, 04:09 PM	#8
muck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Loony bin, first floor, room 7-5-18 Posts: 5,097	Ze Teutons again! Seriously, they did not even have enough evidence to arrest these people. They're just another bunch of stick-in-the-mud morons with a faible for fancy clothing. This is hardly newsworthy. Our problems with Neonazism are so marginal that even our government has finally got its head out of its arse and decided that there is a more urgent need to combat other forms of extremism.

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tluassa Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany, Nrw Posts: 915	Things dont look good for "movement" " 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. " Nazis ****ed up and are on the brink of slow extinction despite economic troubled times.

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gazell Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 780	'the group had between 40 and 60 members' Seems a big deal. Not that I know them but isn't it boo-baah news?

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TheKorean Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 54	I understand why Germany is doing this but...this is still a censorship. Its completely unnecessary. Most Germans know Nazi=bad.

11-08-2009, 10:05 AM	#14
koalorka Toothless peasant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 180	So what's being done in Germany to prevent the spread of militant far-left efforts?