Left-Extremist Endeavours

Right-Extremist Potential 1)
Subculture-oriented
and other violenceinclined
right-wing
extremists 2)
Neo-Nazis 3)
1997 1998 1999
Groups Persons Groups Persons Groups Persons
3 7,600 5 8,200 5 9,000
40 2,400 41 2,400 49 2,200
Parties 3 34,800 3 39,000 3 37,000
of which:
"Die Republikaner"
(REP) 4)
15,500 15,000 14,000
"Deutsche Volksunion"
(DVU) 15,000 18,000 17,000
"Nationaldemokratische
Partei
Deutschlands"
(NPD) 4,300 6,000 6,000
Other right-extremist
organizations
63 4,300 65 4,500 77 4,200
Total 109 49,100 114 54,100 134 52,400
After deduction of
multiple
membership 5) 48,400 53,600 51,400
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Some of these figures are estimated and rounded off.
The majority of subculture-oriented and other violence-inclined right-wing extremists (mainly
skinheads) are not organized in groups. The statistics not only list the persons who were
registered as actual/suspected perpetrators, but also include those right-extremists in whose
case there are indications of their willingness to use violence.
After deduction of multiple-membership cases within the neo-Nazi scene.
It cannot be assumed that all REP members pursue or support right-extremist objectives.
The 1999 multiple-membership cases (1,000) in political parties and other right-extremist
organizations were subtracted from the overall number.
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