Interior Minister Alfons Pawelczyk of the federal state of Hamburg said the neo-Nazis in the city have been organized under a new name. According to the minister, the newly organized "Hamburg List to Stop Foreigners" is a coalition of several neo-Nazi groups, including one led by Michael Kuehnen, who has been sentenced to four years in prison for rightwing violence.
The first meeting of the Hamburg List was called by Ulrich Harder of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD), who was himself elected vice chairman. The elected chairman is Hans-Juergen Sabrautzki, who was chairman of the NPD in Hamburg from 1976 to 1978. Other members of the central committee are activists of the young guard of the Hamburg NPD.
At least two members of the committee are, according to Pawelczyk, well known activists in Kuehnen’s organization, which has been involved in many violent incidents and in continuous anti-Semitic propaganda. The Hamburg List is apparently under close surveillance by the Internal Security Service, which may explain the detailed data possessed by the Interior Minister.
Meanwhile, scores of public organizations have called for a ban on the new group which intends to participate in the upcoming Parliament elections in Hamburg.
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