Left-Extremist Endeavours

Efforts to build up a VVN
youth organization
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political function also includes the efforts aimed at ’revising’
the appraisal of history - this revisionist tendency seems to
grow with the lapse of time since Hitler’s regime."
(Reinhard HILDEBRANDT in: "AntiFa-Nachrichten", October
1999, p. 16)
The VVN-BdA took part - in instances, in a leading role - in numerous
events, actions and campaigns carried out with left-extremist
associations; on these occasions, it reaffirmed its "open
alliance policy" vis-à-vis violence-inclined Antifa groups.
It supported, and became particularly involved in, "Easter
Marches" and activities of the "Anti-War Movement"; in many instances,
it joined forces with non-extremist groups. This was
subsequently summed up as follows:
"The VVN was represented at many Easter March events -
conspicuous with its flags and banners. ... The VVN has
become an active part of the anti-war movement, and in some
places has become a reference point for many opponents of
war. In the process, it has gained in effectiveness."
("antifa-Rundschau", no. 38/1999, April/June 1999, p.2)
Activities at the national level included efforts to build up a "VVN
Youth Organization". To this end, the VVN-BdA gave particular
support to the "1 st Nationwide Anti-Fascist Youth Congress" of
young members of the VVN-BdA and the "R.O.T.K.Ä.P.C.H.E.N"
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im und beim BDA" in Niederkaufungen near Kassel in October.
The VVN-BdA continued its close co-operation with its "brother
associations" in the new [East German] Länder, with the "Interessenverband
ehemaliger Teilnehmer am antifaschistischen Widerstand,
Verfolgter des Nazi-Regimes und Hinterbliebener e.V."
(IVVdN - "Interest Association of Former Participants in Anti-Fascist
Resistance, Persecutees of the Nazi Regime and Surviving
Dependants") and with the "Bund der Antifaschisten (Dachverband)
e.V." (BdA - " Association of Anti-Fascists (Umbrella Organization),
reg’d"), which is influenced by left-wing extremism.
The leadership level exchanged assessments and experience
and agreed joint appeals, events and projects. Again, it was
stated in public that the intention was to unite the associations
within an all-German organization. Accordingly, the VVN-BdA
welcomed the forthcoming merger of the IVVdN and the BdA;
however, by delaying action, it resisted its own merger with the
two East German associations. This is due, above all, to
ideological differences with the IVVdN which is seen as
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