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Free German Workers' Party

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Founded
  
1979

Membership  (1987)
  
500

Dissolved
  
February 24, 1995

Free German Workers' Party

Leader
  
Michael Kühnen 1979-1989 Friedhelm Busse 1989-1995

Headquarters
  
Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany

Ideology
  
Strasserism Neo-fascism

The Free German Workers' Party (German: Freiheitliche Deutsche ArbeiterPartei, FAP) was a neo-nazi political party in Germany. It was outlawed by the Constitutional Court in 1995.

History

The FAP was founded in 1979 but was largely insignificant until the banning of the Action Front of National Socialists/National Activists in 1983 when Michael Kühnen encouraged members to infiltrate this tiny group. A minor party (around 500 members in 1987) it experienced something of a growth after German reunification and sought, unsuccessfully, an alliance with the National Democratic Party. It contested the 1987 federal election and the 1989 European elections although in both instances it attracted negligible support.

Associated with Strasserism, the FAP party managed to gain some support amongst football hooligans but was damaged by Kühnen's homosexuality, and took a stand against him. The party continued under Friedhelm Busse from 1989 but it lost a number of members to new groups loyal to Kühnen, including the German Alternative (1989) and the National Offensive (1990). The group is no longer active, although some former members are active in the NPD, others in local Kameradschaften.

On February 24, 1995, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany outlawed the FAP. The court ruled that it wasn't a political party but an association that aimed at overthrowing democracy.

References

Free German Workers' Party Wikipedia