Wolfsbrigade 44 Explained
Die Wolfsbrigade 44, or Die Sturmbrigade 44, was a German Neo-Nazi organization.
History
The organisation was founded in 2016.[1] In early December 2020, the group was banned by the federal government of Germany and law enforcement officials conducted a number of police raids on locations in three states in connection with the ban.[2] The federal German government had also banned the group's symbols, such as a skull with two grenades that had the number 44 marked on them.[3] It was the fourth German far-right group to be banned in 2020.
Ideology and symbolism
According to The Times, Wolfsbrigade 44 members identified with a war criminal, Oskar Dirlewanger, whose brutality (rape, mass murder of children, and torture) was unusual even by the standards of the Waffen-SS.
The website associated with German television news programme Tagesschau described the group as wanting to end democracy in Germany and establish a system of government based on the Nazi regime. The group was reported to have referred to the modern German state as the "Jewish Republic".[4]
See also
Notes and References
- News: Crossland . Peter . 5 December 2020 . Germany ‘too slow’ to outlaw far-right groups . 54 . The Times . live . subscription . 7 December 2020 . https://archive.today/20201207000836/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/germany-too-slow-to-outlaw-far-right-groups-stj6gj66r . 7 December 2020.
- Web site: 1 December 2020 . Germany bans far-right, pro-Nazi group; Police raid homes . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201201155937/https://apnews.com/article/germany-bans-far-right-pro-nazi-group-2129b08825bbc2a60d23059a4f36ee28 . 1 December 2020 . 7 December 2020 . Associated Press.
- Web site: Siebold . Sabine . 1 December 2020 . Heritage . Timothy . Germany bans far-right 'Wolf Brigade 44', finds weapons and Nazi symbols . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201207000459/https://www.reuters.com/article/germany-security-neo-nazi-idINKBN28B4EI . 7 December 2020 . 7 December 2020 . Reuters.
- Web site: Götschenberg . Michael . 1 December 2020 . Verbot der "Sturmbrigade 44": Gut vernetzte Rechtsextremisten . 2022-06-13 . tagesschau.de (via web.archive.org) . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20210118062703/https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/sturmbrigade-44-aufloesung-103.html . 18 January 2021 . dead.
