Back الطريق التالت ARZ Der III. Weg Catalan Der Dritte Weg Czech Der III. Weg German El III camino Spanish Der III. Weg French הדרך השלישית (גרמניה) HE Li 3-im Via Interlingue Der III. Weg Italian Третий путь (Германия) Russian
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The Third Path Der Dritte Weg | |
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| Chairman | Matthias Fischer |
| Founded | 28 September 2013 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg |
| Split from | NPD, Free Network South |
| Headquarters | Bad Dürkheim, Germany |
| Membership |  700 (2022) est.[1] |
| Ideology | Pan-Germanism German ultranationalism Revolutionary nationalism Neo-Nazism[2][3] Neo-fascism Strasserism Antisemitism Third Position |
| Political position | Far-right[4] |
| International affiliation | Nation Europa (2024–) |
| Colours | Green |
| Anthem | Der III. Weg Marschiert![5] |
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The III. Path or The Third Path (German: Der III. Weg, Der Dritte Weg) is a far-right and neo-Nazi political party in Germany.[6][7]
It was founded on 28 September 2013 by former NPD officials, and activists from the banned Free Network South. They have ties with Assad's government in Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon,[8] the National Corps, Misanthropic Division, Right Sector and Svoboda in Ukraine,[9][10] and the Nordic Resistance Movement in the Nordic countries.[11] Their founder and chairman until 2021 is Klaus Armstroff.[12] The party mostly operates in Thuringia, Bavaria and Brandenburg.[13]
A group of people bearing Der Dritte Weg flags marched in through a town in Saxony on 1 May 2019, the day before the Jewish remembrance of the Holocaust, carrying a banner saying "Social justice instead of criminal foreigners". The Central Council of Jews said that the state government should ban such marches if it were serious about tackling right-wing extremism.[14] The party stood in the 2019 European elections, achieving 0.03% of the vote.
During the 2021 German federal election, the party had controversial posters which called for Hang the Greens. These posters were ordered to be taken down by the courts later on.[15][16][17]
In October 2024, party member Andreas Münzhuber slipped to his death while climbing Hitler's favourite mountain Untersberg.[18][19]
- ^ "Brief summary - 2022 Report on the Protection of the Constitution" (PDF). www.verfassungsschutz.de.
- ^ Rödl, Jakob (4 March 2014). ""Der III. Weg" –Jim eine rechtsextreme Kleinstpartei aus dem Neonazi-Spektrum".
- ^ Germany, Süddeutsche de GmbH, Munich. "Aktuelle Nachrichten, Hintergründe und Kommentare - SZ.de". Süddeutsche.de.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Hill, Jenny (23 June 2019). "German politician's murder raises spectre of far-right attacks". BBC News. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ BW, Verfassungsschutz (24 June 2021). ""Alte Lieder der jungen Revolution" – zwei neonazistische Liederbücher von 2020". www.verfassungsschutz-bw.de (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Thaler, Claudia (21 September 2021). "Rechtsextreme Partei muss Antigrünenplakate abnehmen". Die Zeit. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ Maksan, Oliver (22 September 2021). "Wie Neonazis vor Gericht verlieren und politisch doch gewinnen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
Dabei spielte es dann keine Rolle mehr, dass die deutsche Neonazi-Partei in dieser Woche eine juristische Niederlage nach der anderen kassierte.
- ^ "German neo-Nazi party builds alliance with Assad and Hezbollah". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 16 May 2017.
- ^ "German neo-Nazis march with Ukrainian nationalists in UPA march". 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Kommunalwahlen 2019: NPD, rechte Tarnlisten und Einzelbewerber" [Local elections 2019: NPD, right-wing camouflage lists and individual applicants]. LSA Rechtsaussen (in German). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Geplante Rede von Julian Bender in Schweden". 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Abgeordnetenwatch.de | Revision von klaus-armstroff vom Di., 07/12/2016 - 23:00". Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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- ^ "Germany says half of extreme right 'prone to violence'". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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- ^ "German court orders removal of 'Hang the Greens' posters – DW – 09/21/2021". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ [3]
- ^ Rothwell, James (11 October 2024). "Neo-Nazi slips to his death climbing Hitler's favourite mountain" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Jones, Nigel (14 October 2024). "The fatal allure of Hitler's favourite mountain". The Spectator.