Benjamin Hager

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Benjamin Hager (* 1986 in Waging am See ) is a German neo-Nazi and active in the right-wing extremist small party Der III. Way . He belongs to the right-wing extremist scene in Bavaria and was one of the leading comradeship activists in the neo-Nazi umbrella organization Free Network South (FNS), which was banned in 2014. According to ARD , Benjamin Hager from the Bavarian State Office for the Protection of the Constitution is counted among the "leading right-wing extremists" in Bavaria.

Life

Hager grew up in Waging am See in the Upper Bavarian district of Traunstein and is a bricklayer by profession. He began his activities in the neo-Nazi scene in the mid-2000s and was active in Freie Netz Süd (FNS) until it was banned in July 2014. For example, he was one of the actors at a neo-Nazi “memorial event” on the evening of Liberation Day (May 8) 2013 in Bad Reichenhall and at the FNS march on May 1, 2014 in Plauen . In addition, he repeatedly took part in the annual neo-Nazi " SS memorial celebrations" in Bad Reichenhall and appeared publicly in neo-Nazi actions by the Berchtesgadener Land Comradeship, which is part of the Upper Bavaria Action Alliance, and in the citizens' initiative Ausländerstopp in Munich .

In 2011, Hager was also involved in campaigns by the “Citizens' Initiative Social Fürth” (BSF), which is part of the FNS. He was seriously injured in a violent confrontation early in the morning on September 10, 2011 in downtown Fürth , in which three neo-Nazis and a young migrant were involved.

During a search of his apartment in Waging am See on December 21, 2012, police officers found ammunition, weapons, explosives and all kinds of unauthorized pyrotechnics. In March 2014 Benjamin Hager was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment by the Traunstein District Court for acquiring, transporting, transporting and handling explosive substances . The prison sentence was suspended for three years . In court, Hager was represented by the right-wing extremist scene lawyer Frank Miksch from Fürth.

The incident again shows “the danger posed by the Nazi scene in the region [Chiemgau / Berchtesgadener Land]” and it also shows “that local neo-Nazis are armed”, commented the anti-fascist alliance “ rabatz ” on the judgment. In a press release, Alliance spokeswoman Anna Jade called on civil society in the region to take action against neo-Nazis.

Since the FNS was banned in July 2014, mainly southern German nationalists have organized themselves in the neo-Nazi party Der III, founded in 2013. Path; so does Benjamin Hager.

In the first broadcast March 2016 ARD - Documentary terror from right Benjamin Hager next is Martin Wiese , Karl-Heinz Statzberger , Tony Gentsch , Norman Kempken and other, mostly also convicted neo-Nazis in connection with "arson attacks and bomb-making" and other xenophobic violence presented .

Benjamin Hager lives in Waging am See.

Television documentaries

  • Terror from the Right - The New Threat. Report & documentation. Series: The story in the first. Director: Thomas Reutter , Production: Südwestfunk (for ARD ) 2016, length: 44:02 minutes, first broadcast: March 7, 2016 in Das Erste / ARD ( online : accompanying information with video stream ; about Benjamin Hager from about 30:30 minutes ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Robert Andreasch: With Hitler through Plauen. In: aida-archiv.de. Antifascist Information, Documentation and Archive Office Munich , May 4, 2014, accessed on March 10, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Thomas Reutter (director); Südwestrundfunk (production for ARD ): Terror from the right - The new threat. Report & documentation. Series: The story in the first . (No longer available online.) In: daserste.de. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016 ; accessed on March 11, 2016 (first broadcast in Das Erste / ARD on March 7, 2016, with video stream , length: 44:02 minutes; on Benjamin Hager from about 30:30 minutes). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.daserste.de
  3. ↑ a b c (pia): Probation for Waginger explosive device hobbyists. In: heimatzeitung.de. Passauer Neue Presse , March 7, 2014, accessed on March 10, 2016 .
  4. ^ Antifascist research group Salzburg, Rosa Wallner: Freilassing: Extremely right-wing parade and counter-protests. (Not available online.) In: ots.at . January 8, 2016, archived from the original on March 12, 2016 ; accessed on March 12, 2016 (press release). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ots.at
  5. ↑ a b Thomas Witzgall: Probation and fines for Bavarian neo-Nazis. In: endstation-rechts-bayern.de. BayernSPD , March 25, 2014, accessed on March 10, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Timo Mueller, Robert Andreasch: Fürth: Neo-Nazis as "Citizens' Initiative". In: aida-archiv.de. Antifascist Information, Documentation and Archive Office Munich , January 2, 2012, accessed on March 15, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Georg Zehentner: "Unpredictable": Neo-Nazi from Waging wanted to manufacture explosives. In: heimatzeitung.de. Passauer Neue Presse , March 29, 2014, accessed on March 15, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Daland Segler: TV review: "Terror from the right": "A kind of pogrom mood". In: fr-online.de . March 8, 2016, accessed March 11, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Hager, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (Der III. Weg) and neo-Nazi
DATE OF BIRTH 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Waging by the lake