Free German Workers' Party

The Free German Workers' Party ( short name: FAP ) was an authoritarian nationalist, classified as a right-wing extremist and neo-Nazi small party in the Federal Republic of Germany, which existed from 1979 until 24 February 1995. Effective latter date, the FAP was banned due to its unconstitutionality, but not as a "party " because the Federal Constitutional Court of the FAP not zusprach the properties of a party, but only an association. The FAP was thus prohibited by the association law in force in Germany.

History

The FAP was established in 1979 as a spin-off of the Independent Labour Party (UAP ). At that time she was still wearing the name of Social - Liberal Party German (SLP). Until the early 1980s, she was a rather insignificant grouping, however, was in 1983 by the National Action Front Socialists / National Activists (ANS / NA) infiltrated by the prohibition. Until 1988 was Martin Pape, founder of the FAP, Federal Chairman. After Michael Bold openly confessed his homosexuality, it came to a dispute between supporters and opponents Kuhnen, which eventually led to the division of the FAP. The FAP now had two wings, the followers of Michael Kuhnen and his opponents to Jürgen Mosler. 1988 Friedhelm Busse was elected national chairman, and remained so until her ban. 1990 left the squad Jürgen Mosler and Michael Swierczek grouping and great with them some of their members.

The FAP was notorious among others for aggressive nationalist propaganda, their contextual proximity to National Socialism and violent, racially motivated attacks, especially against dark-skinned people of different (also German ) nationality and other minorities in Germany. Relatively successful it was in the 1980s, including in the recruitment of loose connections right of young people and parts of the hooligan scene and in the support of Croatian paramilitaries recruited mercenaries from Germany.

Some supporters and members of the FAP were tried and convicted of various crimes. Many former cadres of the FAP are now active in the NPD and the so-called free fellowships.

The FAP was neither federal nor the country politically involved in a parliamentary representation. She stayed with elections always well below the five-percent hurdle and the need for campaign reimbursements number of votes. She joined in the general election in 1987 with a national list only in Bremen, where he received 405 second votes (0.09 %); their direct candidates in the two constituencies Celle- Uelzen Stuttgart and I each received 0.1%. Even at the country level, the FAP a marginal phenomenon, such as at the state election in Hamburg remained in elections in 1986 with 0.1 % ( 713 votes). In the European elections in 1989, the extreme right-wing party won 0.1 % ( 19 151 votes).

Prominent members

  • Bela Ewald Althans
  • Siegfried Borchardt, " SS - Siggi "
  • Friedhelm Busse
  • Frank Hübner
  • Michael Kuhnen
  • Dieter Riefling
  • Jürgen Rieger
  • Michael Swierczek
  • Norbert Weidner, country manager in North Rhine -Westphalia
Nationalism Minor party Federal Constitutional Court of Germany Hooliganism National Democratic Party of Germany European Parliament election, 1989 Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Germany) Socialist Reich Party Nationalist Front German Alternative Wiking-Jugend
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