Neo-Nazis in Modern Day Germany

Following the collapse of the Third Reich, Germany established many laws with the purpose of preventing anything even resembling what happened under Hitler.  However, there has recently been a rise of the far right in Germany.  Under the new banner of the National Socialist Underground, these organizations focus on their dissatisfaction with the modern German state and what they feel is political oppression.  Some secretive groups are called "Free Forces".  Opponents of this movement argue that it opposes the German constitution.  There is also a counterculture element, similar to Nazism in its early days.

Once again, Germans of the far right are thinking in terms of race and space.  Some feel that Germans are second-class citizens in the post-war environment while others fear the eventual disappearance of Germans from Germany.  Once again, German women are encouraged to give birth to many German children.  Scarily similar to Nazi policy is the establishment of "national liberated zones" taken over by the far right.  They use violence to drive away those deemed threatening to their cause, focusing on the exact same targets as Hitler: leftists and ethnic minorities.  Some of the neo-Nazis believe that the lack of freedom of speech of their views will incite a revolution.  German law enforcement is trying to handle the problem of increasing neo-Nazi activity and violence.  Likewise, there have been speculations of banning the National Democratic Party, which has been linked to the movement.

A question this brings up is the allowance of political voice.  A complaint of Uwe Dreisch, a neo-Nazi, is that people are afraid to talk to those associated with the far right and simply ban them instead.  While there is muffling of the far right's politics, it may be a necessary measure.  These groups have been known to be violent, responsible for murders and inciting various other hate crimes.  However, open dialogue might also be necessary in order to quell political dissent that, if silenced, will likely continue to escalate within the movement, may lead to an outbreak of neo-Nazi violence and other hate crimes.  The fact that the movement has an underground component could make it harder to deal with if it does escalate to violence.  On the other hand, the inherent militarism of fascist and Nazi ideology can be enough cause to continue the measures that the German government has already put in place.

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