The National Democratic Party, a neo-Nazi group active in West Germany before reunification, has filed a request with the German government to take possession of buildings and other property belonging to a former East German party with the same name.
But the defunct East German party, known as the NDPD, had very different politics than the West German neo-Nazi party.
It was widely considered to be a sister party to the West German Free Democratic Party, whose best-known politician is Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher.
Sources here say a legal battle could ensue if both groups insist on rights to the considerable property belonging to the former East German organization.
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