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The groupuscularization of neo-Nazism in Germany: the case of the Aktionsbüro Norddeutschland | Semantic Scholar

@article{Virchow2004TheGO,
  title={The groupuscularization of neo-Nazism in Germany: the case of the Aktionsb{\"u}ro Norddeutschland},
  author={Fabian Virchow},
  journal={Patterns of Prejudice},
  year={2004},
  volume={38},
  pages={56 - 70},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143578391}
}

Since the beginning of the 1990s, in the aftermath of a series of brutal attacks on foreigners and asylum-seekers, seventeen neo-Nazi organizations have been banned in Germany. In addition, public events such as the yearly marches in honour of Rudolf Hess have been prohibited. It is for this reason that some members of the neo-Nazi movement have turned to the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (National Democratic Party of Germany), which, under a new leadership, has opened its ranks to…