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Germany: extremist label lifted (1)

01 January 1991

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Germany: extremist label lifted
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After a five-year legal battle, the Ministry of the Interior of
Niedersachsen agreed on March 23 that the Humanistische Union
(HU) is no longer considered an extremist organization just
because it protested against the census in 1987. Landesamt fuer
Verfassungsschutz (LfV) chief Peter Frisch, now vice-president
of the Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz, warned politicians in
a confidential memorandum in January 1987 that critical articles
in the press and the activities of groups such as the Green
Party, the Young Democrats and the HU against the census
constituted the most serious threat to it. In the same memo
Frisch also warned that bomb attacks against the census could be
expected. The HU obtained a copy from a friendly politician and
subsequently launched a fierce protest against what it considered
a libellous accusation. In future the HU would not be placed
under LfV observation on the sole basis of holding similar views
as enemies of the constitution.

Statewatch, vol 2, no 3, May-June 1992
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