Lars Käppler

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Lars Käppler gives a speech at a neo-Nazi demonstration

Lars Käppler (born September 5, 1975 in Esslingen am Neckar ) is a German neo-Nazi and former functionary of the Young National Democrats (JN), who appears nationwide as a speaker at right-wing extremist rallies and demonstrations. For the NPD , he ran several times as a candidate in federal and state elections.

NPD / JN functionary

The trained carpenter and wholesale and foreign trade merchant from Neckarwestheim became active in the right-wing extremist scene in the mid-1990s. In 1997, the Heilbronn District Armed Forces Replacement Office refused to allow him to do basic military service because of his right-wing extremist activities. From 1996 to 1999 he was deputy state chairman of the JN in Baden-Württemberg and on the state board of the NPD . At the end of May 1999 he left the NPD. The reason was the admission of Safet Babic to the NPD, which Käppler and other party members wanted to prevent, as Babic is of Bosnian origin and has two citizenships. In her opinion, only those who are “of German blood ” can become members of the NPD .

In the 2005 Bundestag election , Käppler ran for the NPD as a non-party direct candidate in the Heilbronn constituency and achieved around 2.3 percent of the first votes with 4,157 votes. In the state elections in Baden-Württemberg on March 26, 2006, he ran for the NPD in the constituencies of Heilbronn and Schwäbisch Hall .

German National Community Movement (BDVG)

At the end of 1999, Käppler founded the “Bildungswerk Deutsche Volksgemeinschaft”, which was renamed in 2001 to “ Movement German Volksgemeinschaft ” (BDVG). The BDVG represents National Socialist positions that are based on the 25-point program of the NSDAP . It organizes training events and rallies, e.g. Partly in cooperation with other right-wing extremist organizations such as the German League for People and Homeland (DLVH), the “ Freundeskreis Ein Herz für Deutschland ” and numerous free comradeships .

Käppler was first deputy chairman and then since 2000 federal director of the BDVG. In autumn 2004, Käppler officially resigned from the BDVG and made this public in a letter to the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Baden-Württemberg. In addition to Käppler, other young neo-Nazis from Rhineland-Palatinate were active in the BDVG, such as Mario Matthes, who almost all left the organization around 2004 and mostly returned to the NPD.

Citizens' initiative for a better Germany

In December 2004 he founded the "Citizens' Initiative for a Better Germany" (BIBD), which opposes Turkey's accession to the EU . The citizens' initiative essentially consisted of Käppler himself, as it has neither members, board of directors or other association structures to prevent a ban under association law . Käppler first went public with the BIBD in spring 2005 in Heilbronn and Schwäbisch Hall . To spread the issued by the BIBD writings, the Internet was used primarily, but Käppler also led the nation in motion - Publishing and Media oHG for disseminating printed literature, which was originally signed in Heilbronn, now however than that of Andreas Thierry led publishing and Medienhaus Hohenberg OHG in Ellwangen operates.

Speaker at neo-Nazi rallies

Käppler appears nationwide as a registrant and speaker at rallies and demonstrations by neo-Nazis, for example at the “Heroes' Remembrance” in November 2002 in Hoyerswerda or at a demonstration against the Wehrmacht exhibition on July 13, 2003 in Schwäbisch Hall . Lars Käppler has close contacts to Christian Worch , Herbert Schweiger and Bernhard Schaub as well as the right-wing extremist singer-songwriter Frank Rennicke , who often appeared together with Käppler at BDVG events.

In connection with a demonstration he led on March 6, 2004 in Schwäbisch Hall, Käppler was sentenced on July 25, 2005 to a fine of 50 daily rates of 35 euros each for violating the peace .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baden-Württemberg Report on the Protection of the Constitution 2005, p. 137
  2. ↑ Baden-Württemberg Constitutional Protection Report 2005, p. 134 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Käppler, Lars
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German neo-Nazi and former functionary of the Young National Democrats (JN)
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Esslingen am Neckar