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Free German Workers' Party

Neo-Nazi political party outlawed in Germany in 1995 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Free German Workers' Party
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The Free German Workers' Party (German: Freiheitliche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, FAP) was a neo-Nazi political party in Germany. It was outlawed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in 1995.

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History

The FAP was founded in 1979. However, it was largely insignificant until the banning of the Action Front of National Socialists/National Activists in 1983 when Michael Kühnen encouraged members to infiltrate this tiny group. A minor party (around 500 members in 1987) it experienced something of a growth after German reunification and sought, unsuccessfully, an alliance with the National Democratic Party.[1] It contested the 1987 federal election and the 1989 European elections although in both instances it attracted negligible support.[2]

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Tiwaz rune on flag variant of the party[3]

Associated with Strasserism, the FAP party managed to gain some support amongst football hooligans but was damaged by Kühnen's homosexuality, and took a stand against him. The party continued under Friedhelm Busse from 1989 but it lost a number of members to new groups loyal to Kühnen, including the German Alternative (1989) and the National Offensive (1990).[4]

The party was outlawed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 24 February 1995.

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Election results

Federal Parliament (Bundestag)

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European Parliament

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References

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