Left-Extremist Endeavours

Saxony-Anhalt
and
Schleswig-Holstein
members in the spring of 1999. One of these members joined the
small right-extremist party "Vereinigte Rechte" (VR - "United
Right") (cf. Section 4, below). Following further fierce squabbles
in the autumn, which had been triggered chiefly by the authoritarian
style of leadership of the DVU parliamentary leader, the
12-member parliamentary group of the DVU re-organized itself.
Its leader was replaced, and one of those deputies who had left
the parliamentary group, was admitted as a guest. In December,
two other deputies left the parliamentary group 46) .
The deputy chairman of the Schleswig-Holstein Land Association
and member of the National Executive Committee, Prof. Dr. Dr.
SOJKA in autumn fell out with FREY. The reason for this was a
controversy about the decision by the National Executive Committee
not to participate in the Landtag elections in Schleswig-
Holstein in the spring of 2000. In this context, SOJKA blamed the
DVU for having made false political-strategic estimations.
3. "Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands"
(NPD - "National-Democratic Party of Germany")
Founded: 1964
Headquarters: Berlin
National Chairman: Udo VOIGT
Members: 6,000 (1998: 6,000)
Publications: "Deutsche Stimme" (DS - "German
Voice")
monthly,
circulation: 10, 000 47)
Subsidiary organizations:
"Junge Nationaldemokraten" (JN -
"Young National-Democrats"),
"Nationaldemokratischer
Hochschulbund" (NHB - "National-
Democratic University/ College Union")
The NPD attracted attention as the organizer of some 60 demonstrations
and public actions, of which part were organized in cooperation
with neo-Nazis and which often were accompanied by
protests. In thematic terms, it has given more room to socialist
subjects and concerns.
3.1 Goals
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