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The National Democratic Party of Germany (German: Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, NPD) is the largest far right political party in Germansivisty. The party was founded in the early 1960s as a successor to the German Empire Party: (German: Deutsche Reichspartei, DRP), and since 1996 the party has been led by Udo Voigt. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search The term far-right refers to the relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Jump to: navigation, search There is open debate on rather facism is rightwing or not. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Udo Voigt (born 1952) is the political chief of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), which is a right-extremist political party. ...

In 2003, the federal government, the Bundestag and the Bundesrat jointly attempted to ban it in a trial before the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the highest court in Germany and the only institution that has the power to ban parties, if it considers them anti-constitutional. However, the case was thrown out when it was discovered that a large percentage of the leadership were in fact undercover agents sent by the German secret services, to the point that the court found it impossible to decide which moves by the party were based on genuine party decisions and which were controlled by the secret services in an attempt to further the ban. Horst Mahler, former member of the far left terrorist organisation Red Army Faction, defended the NPD before the court. Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ... The Bundesrat (federal council) is the representation of the 16 Germany at the federal level. ... The Federal Constitutional Court (in German: Bundesverfassungsgericht) is a special court established by the German constitution, the Grundgesetz (Basic Law). ... Horst Mahler (born January 23, 1936), is a German lawyer and active member within both the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD) and Deutsches Kolleg, a right-wing think-tank calling for a nationalist revolution in Germany. ... The term far left refers to the relative position a person or group occupies within the political spectrum. ... Jump to: navigation, search RAF Logo with red star and MP5 The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, or the Baader-Meinhof Gang, which was one of the core groups within the RAF, was postwar Western Germanys most active...

The party has never managed to win the minimum 5% of votes in federal elections that allows a party to send delegates to the Bundestag, but it was represented in several state parliaments in the 1960s and won 9.2% (or 12 representatives to the state parliament, the Landtag) in the 2004 state elections in Saxony, after coming into a non-competition agreement with its major rival on the far right, the DVU, which states that only one of the two parties will compete in any given election. The third German far-right party, Die Republikaner, has so far refused to join this agreement. The NPD and DVU operate primarily on an anti-immigration campaign, whereas the Republicans place a heavy focus on the concepts of law, order and punishment. The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... In Germany, Austria and South Tyrol, a Landtag is a unicameral legislature for a federal land. ... The Saxony state election, 2004, was conducted on September 19, 2004, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Saxony. ... Jump to: navigation, search With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Jump to: navigation, search The term far-right refers to the relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... Jump to: navigation, search There is open debate on rather facism is rightwing or not. ... The term far-right refers to the relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Republicans (Die Republikaner) of Germany is a left-wing populist party, which concerns itself mostly with the issue of immigration, trying to attract primarily protest voters. ...

On 21 January 2005 the discussion on whether to ban the NPD was revived after an incident in the Saxon state assembly in Dresden. During a silence to mark the 60th anniversary of the Soviet take-over of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in the Saxon state assembly in Dresden, twelve members of the NPD walked out in protest. The NPD was upset that a moment of silence was being held for those who died in the Auschwitz camp and that none was being given for those who died during the bombing of Dresden in World War II: the anniversary of both events falling relatively close to each other (the consensus among historians is that between 25,000 and 35,000 people died during the bombing). Holger Apfel, leader of the NPD in Saxony and deputy leader of the party nationwide, made a speech in the Saxon Landtag in which he called the Allied forces of the USA and Britain "mass murderers" because of their role in the bombing. His colleague, Jürgen Gansel went on to describe the bombing itself as a "holocaust of bombs". Jump to: navigation, search January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dresden is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ... Entrance to Auschwitz II (Birkenau), the main extermination camp, in 2002 Entrance to Auschwitz in 1941. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dresden is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ... Jump to: navigation, search The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) between February 13 and February 15, 1945 remains one of the more controversial events of World War II. Historian Frederick Taylor says: The destruction of Dresden has... Holger Apfel is is a current member of the Saxon Landtag. ... Jump to: navigation, search With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... The Landtag of Saxony is Saxonys legislature. ... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ...

Former chancellor Gerhard Schröder has suggested that the government should try to place a ban on the party again, but others did not see why it would be any more successful than the previous failed attempt. Jump to: navigation, search Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder [] (born April 7, 1944 in Mossenberg-Wöhren), a German politician, served as Chancellor of Germany, leading a coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Greens from 1998 until 2005. ...

External link

• NPD web site (in German)