Back Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands AN الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي (ألمانيا) Arabic الحزب الوطنى الديموقراطى الالمانى ARZ Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands BAR Нацыянал-дэмакратычная партыя Нямеччыны BE-X-OLD Националдемократическа партия на Германия Bulgarian Nacionaldemokratska stranka Njemačke BS La Pàtria (partit polític) Catalan Die Heimat Czech Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands Danish

National Democratic Party of Germany

The Homeland
Die Heimat
First SecretaryMiguel Wunder
Party ChairmanFrank Franz[1]
Founder
Founded28 November 1964 (1964-11-28)
Merger of
HeadquartersCarl-Arthur-Bühring-Haus, Seelenbinderstrasse 42,
12555 Berlin
NewspaperDeutsche Stimme
Youth wingJunge Nationalisten[5]
MembershipDecrease 3,000 (2022 est.)[6]
Ideology
German irredentism[9]
Political positionFar-right[10]
European affiliationAlliance for Peace and Freedom
European Parliament groupNon-Inscrits
Colors
  •   Gold
  •   Brown (customary)[11]
  •   White
SloganDie soziale Heimatpartei
(The Social Homeland Party)
Bundestag
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Bundesrat
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State Parliaments
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European Parliament
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Heads of State Governments
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Website
die-heimat.de

The Homeland (German: Die Heimat), previously known as the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD; German: Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands), is a far-right[10] Neo-Nazi[7][8] and ultranationalist[8] political party in Germany.

The party was founded in 1964 as successor to the German Reich Party (German: Deutsche Reichspartei, DRP). Party statements also self-identify the party as Germany's "only significant patriotic force".[12] On 1 January 2011, the nationalist German People's Union merged with the NPD and the party name of the National Democratic Party of Germany was extended by the addition of "The People's Union".[13]

As a neo-Nazi organization,[7][8] it has been referred to as "the most significant neo-Nazi party to emerge after 1945".[14] The German Federal Agency for Civic Education, or BPB, has criticized the NPD for working with members of organizations which were later found unconstitutional by the federal courts and disbanded,[15][16] while the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany's domestic security agency, classifies The Homeland as a "threat to the constitutional order" because of its platform and ideology, and it is under their observation.[17] An effort to outlaw the party failed in 2003, as the government had many informers and agents in the party, some in high position, who had written part of the material used against them.[18] Since its founding in 1964, The Homeland has never managed to win enough votes on the federal level to cross Germany's 5% minimum threshold for representation in the Bundestag; it has succeeded in crossing the 5% threshold and gaining representation in state parliaments 11 times, including one-convocation entry to seven West German state parliaments between November 1966 and April 1968 and two-convocation electoral success in two East German states of Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern between 2004 and 2011.[19] Since 2016, The Homeland has not been represented in state parliaments. Udo Voigt led the NPD from 1996 to 2011.[17] He was succeeded by Holger Apfel,[20] who in turn was replaced by Udo Pastörs in December 2013. In November 2014, Pastörs was ousted and Frank Franz became the party's leader. Voigt was elected the party's first Member of the European Parliament in 2014. The party lost the seat in the 2019 European Parliament election. In June 2023, the party renamed itself to Die Heimat after a party vote.[21][22]

  1. ^ Höhne, Valerie (25 April 2017). "Niedergang der NPD: Ein lächerlicher Verein". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ Luciano Cheles, Ronnie Ferguson & Michalina Vaughan (1991), Neo-Fascism in Europe, Longman, p. 71
  3. ^ Horst W. Schmollinger, Richard Stöss (1975), Die Parteien und die Presse der Parteien und Gewerkschaften in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1945–1974, Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 187
  4. ^ Stöss, Richard (1989). Die extreme Rechte in der Bundesrepublik: Entwicklung – Ursachen – Gegenmaßnahmen. Westdeutscher Verlag. p. 126
  5. ^ "Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands" (PDF). 16 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. ^ Brief summary 2022 Report on the Protection of the Constitution. Facts and trends verfassungsschutz.de
  7. ^ a b c
  8. ^ a b c d e Pikulicka-Wilczewska, Agnieszka (21 April 2018). "German town on alert as neo-Nazi festival, counter events held". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  9. ^ Party program, p. 13. ("Deutschland ist größer als die Bundesrepublik! ... Wir fordern die Revision der nach dem Krieg abgeschlossenen Grenzanerkennungsverträge.")
  10. ^ a b
  11. ^ "tagesschau.de". tagesschau.de.
  12. ^ "NPD – einzige ernstzunehmende nationale Kraft!". NPD. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  13. ^ "NPD – Start". NPD. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  14. ^ Peter Davies, Derek Lynch, The Routledge companion to fascism and the far right, Psychology Press, 2002, pg. 315
  15. ^ "Rechtsextremismus". Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Auch zeigte sich die NPD nun bereit, mit radikalen Kräften aus dem parteiungebundenen Spektrum zusammenzuarbeiten. Formal gilt nach wie vor ein Unvereinbarkeitsbeschluss der NPD-Mitgliedschaft mit der Mitgliedschaft in verbotenen Gruppierungen. Faktisch jedoch setzt sich die NPD mit ihrer Strategie bewusst über die offizielle Verlautbarung hinweg. Die NPD wolle in Zukunft mit denjenigen zusammenzuarbeiten, die dazu bereit seien, 'als politische Soldaten zu denken und zu handeln', so die neue Strategie.
  16. ^ "Zusammenspiel zwischen NPD und Neonazis im niedersächsischen Landtagswahlkampf". Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Bremen. 30 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2009. Die Kooperation zwischen der NPD und den Freien Nationalisten (Angehörige von neonazistischen Kameradschaften) prägt das Auftreten der Partei im niedersächsischen Landtagswahlkampf. Bekannte Neonazis treten für die NPD als Direktkandidaten an, z.B. Dennis BÜHRIG in Bergen, Klaus HELLMUND in Celle, Mathias BEHRENS in Soltau oder Dieter RIEFLING in Hildesheim.
  17. ^ a b "Austrian 'neo-Nazi' joins NPD's executive committee" (8 April 2009). Archived 31 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Austrian Times.
  18. ^ "V-Mann-Affäre". Focus. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  19. ^ Zicht, Wilko. "Wahlergebnisse". Wahlrecht.de (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  20. ^ "Stabwechsel bei der NPD". Archived 21 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine Blick nach rechts. Accessed 14 November 2011.
  21. ^ "Rechtsextreme NPD heißt jetzt 'Die Heimat'" [Right Wing NPD Now Named "Die Heimat"]. Spiegel (in German). 3 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Verzeichnis der Parteien und politischen Vereinigungen, die gemäß § 6 Absatz 3 Parteiengesetz bei der Bundeswahlleiterin Parteiunterlagen hinterlegt haben" (PDF). bundeswahlleiterin.de (in German).

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