All-Germanic Pagan Front

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Algiz rune on flag of the All-Germanic Pagan Front

The All-Germanic Pagan Front (AHF) was a ethnic - neo-pagan organization. It had subsidiary organizations, called subdivisions , in several countries in Northern Europe and sister organizations in Russia, the Baltic States and North America. The AHF did not describe itself as an organization, but as a " social movement ".

In Germany it was active under the name " Deutsche Heidnische Front " (DHF), which was founded by Hendrik Möbus and others and had bases in Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Hesse, Saxony and Thuringia. The DHF was mentioned in the constitution protection report of the state of Thuringia , its ideology is the subject of a study by the University of Leipzig .

history

The Norwegian Varg Vikernes founded the "Norsk Udemokratisk Hedensk Front" (no. "Norwegian undemocratic pagan front") after his imprisonment for the murder of the black metal leader Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth and multiple arson. However, the organization abandoned the self-designation as undemocratic and now referred to itself as the Norsk Hedensk Front ("Norwegian-Pagan Front"), since according to Vikernes not they, but their opponents are undemocratic and they themselves are the real democrats. Vikernes built the AHF out of prison. In addition, he played a kind of pioneering role for a long time, he was considered a cult figure of the AHF until the dissolution and his writings were offered for sale by AHF-Versand. From Norway, the organization spread to other countries. According to the company, the AHF dissolved in 2006.

activity

The organization attached great importance to the determination not to be a group of " Germanic Romans", but to stand firmly in the present in their thinking and work. The active work of the AHF was based roughly on three pillars: The “field work”, i.e. the research and cataloging of pre-Christian places of worship, the “propaganda” with the creation of magazines, the support of websites and the sale of ideological books and writings as well as the “shared experience”, more important Germanic festivals, joint excursions into nature and to interesting sites. As the national divisions are largely free to act in their own way, the priorities here differ from country to country.

Ideology and position in society

Her ideology, which she herself called Odalism (named after the Odal rune ), is strongly influenced by folk ideas. In her self-portrayal she formulated anti-Christian and nationalist positions, “The All-Germanic Pagan Front has set itself a goal of anti-Christianization of the movement in order to unite all activists under one flag and to commit to one cause.” And “We regard Christianity as a weakness of the Germanic peoples, because the Christian foundations are created in such a way that weakness is glorified and strength is ignored. ", it openly says" Our struggle is to create a Greater Germania. "

The AHF rejected militant practices, but it was one of the most radical and uncompromising, but at the same time one of the most active groups in the neo-pagan scene. Unlike many other groups, she did not strive for coexistence with Christianity , but viewed it as her opponent who had to be fought and ultimately defeated because he was not compatible with the nature of European man. The individualism and hedonism of today's western world was strictly rejected. The AHF's motto, “Blood, soil, spirituality” (“Blood, Soil, Spirituality”) is a clear commitment to the blood and soil ideology of the National Socialists . The ideals of the AHF contradict the principle of equality, they propagated an idea of ​​the "natural diversity of human species" and refused to mix them.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Internet site on the Russian Pagan Front in Russian , accessed on July 7, 2018
  2. ^ The language of right-wing extremism , published by the Federal Agency for Civic Education , accessed April 5, 2012
  3. ↑ Michael Moynihan, Didrik Søderlind: Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground . Venice: Feral House 1998, p. 166.
  4. ↑ Source: Stefan von Hoyningen-Huene , Religiosität among right-wing extremist youth , Bielefeld 2002, p. 233ff., Accessed April 5, 2012
  5. ↑ Source: Rainer Fromm in his report for the Federal Testing Office (PDF; 67 kB) ( Memento from April 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) p. 7, accessed April 5, 2012

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