Conservative action
The Conservative Action e. V. was a political association in Germany that existed from 1981 to 1989.
Founding history
The association emerged from the “Citizens' Action Democrats for Strauss”, which supported the then CSU chancellor candidate Franz Josef Strauss in the 1980 federal election campaign. After his defeat in October 1980, members of the organization who were to be assigned to the right wing of the Union parties gathered in the Conservative Action.
The club was founded on June 12, 1981 by the former Czech chess grandmaster Ludek Pachman , the ZDF television presenter Gerhard Löwenthal and the journalist Joachim Siegerist . Pachman was elected chairman and victorious vice president. The board of trustees of the Conservative Action, headed by Gerhard Löwenthal, also included Professors Klaus Motschmann and Lothar Bossle , as well as Markus Motschmann, one of the functionaries of the Berlin Union youth. The association was based in Munich .
Actions
One of the goals of the Conservative Action was to build up “vigilante groups” in large cities such as Berlin, Frankfurt and Bremen against left “professional revolutionaries”. In 1983, members of the Conservative Action paved a hole in the Berlin Wall . On the anniversary of the popular uprising in the GDR (June 17) and the day the Berlin Wall was built (August 13), regular demonstrations were held in Berlin and on the border with the GDR. The anti-communist activities of Conservative Action were accompanied by a strongly pro-American stance. Members of the Conservative Action also besieged occupied houses.
Homecoming action
With the "Homecoming Campaign", the association wanted to encourage Turks living in Germany to leave the Federal Republic. This should be achieved, among other things, with letters in the Turkish language in which Turks in Germany are asked to understand that "in the interests of our nation, Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl must halve the number of foreigners in Germany within the next 10 years by returning to their home countries". A march to Berlin-Kreuzberg on June 17, 1983 organized as part of the “Aktion Heimkehr” led to violent street battles.
resolution
In mid-1986 there were violent internal disputes on the board. The background was a controversial campaign for the release of Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Heß, who was imprisoned in Berlin-Spandau , and a circular with insulting statements against Willy Brandt . In addition, the manager of the Conservative Action, Joachim Siegerist, was accused of financial irregularities by the club's chairman Pachman, which he denied. In June 1986 the Conservative Action Siegerist and the head of the Conservative Youth, Michael Stange, excluded from the association. In September 1986, Pachman filed for bankruptcy for Conservative Action . The association dissolved in 1989.
effect
Because of their sometimes radical campaigns, the association was controversial among the Union parties close to it. Individual CDU associations such as B. the JU Hamburg made delimitation decisions against the Conservative Action. The then ruling mayor of West Berlin, Richard von Weizsäcker , described the association's activities as “harmful and wrong”.
In September 1986 Siegerist, together with other comrades-in-arms from the Conservative Action, founded the association Die Deutschen Konservatives e. V. into life.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Junge Union: Something comes out , " Der Spiegel ", December 3, 1984.
- ↑ Klaus Pokatzky. With the right rake . In: Die Zeit , No. 26/1983
- Jump up ↑ Bund . In: Der Spiegel . No. 42 , 1986, pp. 122 ff . ( online ).
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt , March 15, 1983, p. 3.
- ^ Lies, lies, lies . In: Der Spiegel . No. 28 , 1986, pp. 36 ( online ).