Young nationalists
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| Chairman: | Paul Rzehaczek |
| Deputy Chairman: |
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| Federal Managing Director: | n / A |
| Other board members: |
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| Alignment: |
right - wing extremist neo - Nazi völkisch-nationalist |
| Members: | 280 (as of 2018) |
| Structure: | 12 regional associations |
| Website: | www.junge-nationalisten.de |
Young Nationalists (short: JN ; until January 13, 2018 Young National Democrats ) is the official youth organization of the right-wing extremist NPD founded in 1967 . According to the NPD statutes, the JN are an “integral part” of the party.
ideology
The JN are committed to the basic program of the NPD , but represent these positions much more aggressively, which is evident both during demonstrations and in political style. They are observed by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and classified as right-wing extremists . Her regular publication is called The Activist . In this central organ, under the heading “The Federal Leader Has the Word”, they describe themselves as “representatives of the national revolutionary wing within the NPD”. The youth organization criticizes those in the NPD who have made the “fight for parliaments” the “most important goal”. Instead, "resistance and criticism are appropriate, since there is a risk of gradual adjustment and bourgeoisie in these developments." The JN describe themselves as anti-imperialist . Among other things, they demand the withdrawal of German troops from Afghanistan, describe Israel as the “enemy of all peoples” in a policy paper (2018) and speak of a “ parasitic state becoming” with regard to this state .
organization
In January 2018, the Young National Democrats renamed themselves “Young Nationalists” and relocated their headquarters from Lübenheen to Riesa . In an interview with the NPD party newspaper German Voice in September 2018, the new JN federal chairman Christian Häger stated that the previous name no longer corresponded to “today's zeitgeist”. We have learned from “newly formed groups”, especially the Identitarian Movement (IB), and the new name should bring the term “nationalism” back to the public.
The Young Nationalists are divided into a federal association and a few regional associations. The chairman of the JN is automatically a member of the board of the NPD by virtue of his office. Among other things, the later NPD chairman Günter Deckert and the former party chairman and head of the Saxon parliamentary group Holger Apfel were former federal chairmen of the Young Nationalists and used this as a springboard to the leadership of the NPD. The JN are not represented in all federal states. The organization is particularly active in the south and east of the Federal Republic of Germany: in mid-2008 there were ten in Baden-Württemberg, nine in Saxony, eight in Bavaria, seven in Saxony-Anhalt and five in Thuringia. Mostly members of the Free Comradeships are recruited . The focus is on youth work through the "formation and training" of members between 14 and 35 years of age.
In general, the NPD does intensive youth work. She gives tutoring, organizes parties and camps and has her own soccer team. The aim of the party and the JN is to introduce young people and children to right-wing extremist ideas through activities that initially appear apolitical. Under the pretense of caring for young people, she pursues a targeted ideologization of the participants. With the National Education Circle (NBK), which existed from 2008 to 2011 , the JN also had a university organization active in four federal states, some of which took part in university elections, albeit unsuccessfully so far.
As part of the Corona crisis 2020 JN called for mutual aid for Corona on -Risikogruppen what the first propagated in the fall 2017 campaign "Youth is tackling" was used. The nationalist aid campaigns only for Germans were provided with slogans such as “We help where the state fails”.
Events
Since 2003, the JN has held the “European Youth Congress” several times, for example in 2003 in Bavaria and in 2007 and 2014 in Saxony.
Chairman of the Young Nationalists
| Surname | Term of office | Important political offices and mandates |
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| Alfons Hueber | 1971-1973 | - |
| Günter Deckert | 1973-1975 | Party leader of the NPD 1991–1996 |
| Winfried Krauss | 1975-1977 | - |
| Gosta Thomas | 1977-1980 | - |
| Rainer Vogel | 1980-1983 | - |
| Claus Kruse | 1983 | - |
| Hermann Lehmann | 1983-1987 | - |
| Karl-Heinz Sendbühler | 1987-1989 | Federal Chairman of the NHB 1983–1985 |
| Thilo Kabus | 1989-1990 | - |
| Frank Kolender | 1990-1991 | - |
| Erhard Huebchen | 1991-1992 | - |
| Andreas Storr | 1992-1994 | Federal Treasurer of the NPD since 2011 Member of the Saxon State Parliament 2009–2014 |
| Holger Apple | 1994-1999 | Party chairman of the NPD 2011–2013 parliamentary group leader in the Saxon state parliament 2004–2013 |
| Sascha Rossmüller | 1999-2003 | - |
| Stefan Rochow | 2003-2007 | - |
| Michael Schäfer | 2007–2012 | - |
| Andy Knape | 2012-2014 | - |
| Sebastian Richter | 2014-2018 | - |
| Christian Haeger | 2018– | - |
| Paul Rzehaczek | 2019– | - |
Print media / periodicals
- until 1990 Young Voice → 1990 Unity and Struggle
- 1991 to 1995 The Saufeder
- since 1994 the activist
- Foremost Front JN and National Democratic University Association
- Youth watch JN Berlin / Brandenburg
- 2005 to 2009 Here & Now
Web links
- Young National Democrats . Article on Belltower.News of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation , April 30, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Constitutional Protection Report 2018 . Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , July 24, 2019, p. 87, accessed on February 27, 2020 (pdf; 7.8 MB).
- ↑ Statutes of the National Democratic Party of Germany, § 23. (pdf; 2.7 MB) Federal Returning Officer, November 18, 2010, p. 12 , archived from the original on June 16, 2011 ; accessed on January 25, 2018 .
- ^ Right-wing extremist youth organizations in the Federal Republic of Germany , p. 5 , Scientific Service of the Bundestag, 2009
- ^ Constitutional Protection Report 2007. (No longer available online.) Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, p. 82 , formerly in the original ; accessed on January 25, 2018 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Constitutional Protection Report Hesse 2009 , p. 29
- ↑ Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, “Situation Report Antisemitism”, July 2020, p. 27
- ↑ Attempt to influence right-wing extremists on anti-asylum rallies of the democratic spectrum verassungsschutz.de, accessed on February 27, 2020.
- ↑ Constitutional Protection Report 2017 . Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , July 24, 2018, p. 84, accessed on July 24, 2018 (pdf; 3.7 MB).
- ^ Constitutional Protection Report Bavaria 2018, p. 145
- ↑ National Education Group
- ↑ “Nationaler Bildungskreis” (NBK) takes battle for “intellectual counter-elite” on endstation-rechts.de, February 28, 2008
- ↑ Corona aid from the far right. www.bnr.de, March 23, 2020
- ↑ Dangerous Liaisons 2011 - Right-wing extremism in small border traffic, European Congresses of the JN , boell.de, p. 71
- ↑ Rudolf von Hüllen: “MODERNIZED RECHTSEXTREMISMUS” , p. 42 , kas.de, 2008
- ↑ "solidarity of European National" , bnr.de, March 6, 2014
- ↑ "Jugend-wacht" goes online. In: Website of the protection of the constitution Brandenburg. Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of Brandenburg, accessed on February 25, 2015 .
