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A Neo-Nazi Pagan Cult/Sect.
IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS Image caption, German police have raided locations linked to the Artgemeinschaft sect across Germany
By Michael Ertl
Germany has banned the far-right sect Artgemeinschaft for spreading Nazi ideology to children and young people.
The country's interior minister called the group "deeply racist and antisemitic" and said it was trying "to raise new enemies of the constitution".
Artgemeinschaft used Nazi-era literature and cultural events to spread its ideology.
Police have raided dozens of homes and offices linked to the group in 12 German states.
"This is another hard blow against right-wing extremism and against the intellectual arsonists who continue to spread Nazi ideologies to this day," German interior minister Nancy Faeser said.
Artgemeinschaft roughly translates to "racial community" and, according to the interior ministry, had about 150 members.
The ministry said the group was giving its members instructions about picking partners with a North or Central European background, in line with their ideology of "racial preservation".
The sect also ran an online bookstore and regularly held cultural events that attracted up to several hundred people. It described itself as "Germany's biggest pagan community". The authorities say the group used this cover of "pseudo-religious Germanic beliefs to spread their worldview which violates human dignity".
The ban also includes the sect's website, its publications and Familienwerk, another association connected with it. ...
Artgemeinschaft is one of Germany's oldest neo-Nazi groups. It played a key role in connecting different far-right and neo-Nazi groups in Germany, Ms Faeser said.
Stephan Ernst, the man who murdered prominent regional politician Walter Lübcke in 2019 in a shooting motivated by "racism and xenophobia", was a member of the group, according to German intelligence.
German media also report members of the group had links with Ralf Wohlleben, a neo-Nazi who was convicted for supporting members of a notorious cell that carried out 10 racially motivated murders in Germany. ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66934411
Germany cracks down on neo-Nazi sect Artgemeinschaft for targeting children
Published 43 minutes ago
IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS Image caption, German police have raided locations linked to the Artgemeinschaft sect across Germany
By Michael Ertl
Germany has banned the far-right sect Artgemeinschaft for spreading Nazi ideology to children and young people.
The country's interior minister called the group "deeply racist and antisemitic" and said it was trying "to raise new enemies of the constitution".
Artgemeinschaft used Nazi-era literature and cultural events to spread its ideology.
Police have raided dozens of homes and offices linked to the group in 12 German states.
"This is another hard blow against right-wing extremism and against the intellectual arsonists who continue to spread Nazi ideologies to this day," German interior minister Nancy Faeser said.
Artgemeinschaft roughly translates to "racial community" and, according to the interior ministry, had about 150 members.
The ministry said the group was giving its members instructions about picking partners with a North or Central European background, in line with their ideology of "racial preservation".
The sect also ran an online bookstore and regularly held cultural events that attracted up to several hundred people. It described itself as "Germany's biggest pagan community". The authorities say the group used this cover of "pseudo-religious Germanic beliefs to spread their worldview which violates human dignity".
The ban also includes the sect's website, its publications and Familienwerk, another association connected with it. ...
Artgemeinschaft is one of Germany's oldest neo-Nazi groups. It played a key role in connecting different far-right and neo-Nazi groups in Germany, Ms Faeser said.
Stephan Ernst, the man who murdered prominent regional politician Walter Lübcke in 2019 in a shooting motivated by "racism and xenophobia", was a member of the group, according to German intelligence.
German media also report members of the group had links with Ralf Wohlleben, a neo-Nazi who was convicted for supporting members of a notorious cell that carried out 10 racially motivated murders in Germany. ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66934411