Kreuzritter für Deutschland
| Kreuzritter für Deutschland | |||
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| File:Kreuzritter fuer Deutschland, Zusatzwappen ab 1992.png
Additional coat of arms from 1992 | |||
| Motto | Zusammenhalt ist unsere Stärke (unity is our strength) | ||
| Existence | 1991–1994 | ||
| Type | Fascist interest group | ||
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| Location | Germany | ||
The Kreuzritter für Deutschland (English:) was a German patriotic "interest group" (Interessengemeinschaft) from 1991 until 1994. Although mistitled a "bonehead troop" by leftist mainstream media, there were only a handvoll of skinheads and skingirls as enrolled members, although many supported the organization. The actual importance of the "Crusaders for Germany" did not lie in their supra-regional structure or in the fight against the influx of foreigners and drug trafficking, but lay in the fact that the KfD quickly served as a liaison member for various fascist currents.
History
The KfD was founded in Stuttgart in the beginning of January 1991 by the Bundeswehr officer, student and later author Andreas J. Voigt together with four other gentlemen. Their program was initially the "fight against drugs and drug-related crime" predominantly by black Africans and Arabs due to foreign infiltration (Überfremdung) and mass migration. Over time, this expanded to all German-national issues. Officially, there was no racial component. The opponents of the Crusaders grew steadily, so there were regular street fights between Crusaders and left-wing and foreign gangs.
The members were mainly between 20 and 30 years old, entrepreneurs, students, workers, but there were also retirees over 60 years of age. Some members had a “migrant background” through one parent, which the Crusaders have occasionally been accused of by far-right groups. The supporters also included one US-American (Military Police) and at least two members from Scotland: Karl John Wayne Owers (Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, later Prestonpans East Lothian) and Patrick Duffy. In its heyday in early 1993, the KfD had 300 members from all over Germany (with a branch in Berlin with a large number of members), also hundreds of sympathizers and supporters could be counted. There was a women's group of 20 to 30 members led by Silke Fetzer (Stuttgart) and later Monika "Mona" Scholpp, who supported the KfD self-sacrificing and spirited in all circumstances.
On 19 July 1993, Skrewdriver played their last concert before the accidental death of Ian Stuart in Waiblingen, Germany. The program, "Second Anniversary of the Crusaders for Germany", attracted a great deal of media attention and up to 1,500 participants from all over Europe and the USA.[1]
The published voice of the Crusaders was "Die Burg", whose chief editor and later lawyer, Alexander Heinig, together with the tireless office manager Gabor Burkhardt, ensured that the "fanzine" became known throughout Germany. The last issue, the Christmas anniversary edition, was published on 18 December 1993.
On 2 December 1993, Andreas J. Voigt and his deputy Frank Schulz (b. 16 July 1971 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt) and KfD security chief Mirko Wegener (b. 12 July 1971 in Zeitz) were arrested (Tassilo Hermann Rudolf "Rudi" Glowania, Egmont Roozenbeek, Saskia Roozenbeek, Iris Pauli, Thorsten Dechert and others were spared) in a large-scale operation by the State Criminal Police Office (Landeskriminalamt) and brought before the magistrate in the Stammheim prison. The mostly false statements of the infiltrated informant of the Baden-Württemberg state security (Staatsschutz) Tobias Schwemmer, who would live in the witness protection program, led to the arrest and eight months later to a trial before the Higher Regional Court (Landgericht, 17. Strafkammer).
In closing, Voigt, in order to protect his co-defendants, accepted responsibility and was sentenced to several years in prison, while his co-defendants were immediately released on probation. Voigt also processed this profound experience in his successful political thriller “Der Nationale Doppelroman”.
Due to the pressure of the state authorities to prosecute and without proper leadership, the Kreuzritter interest group dissolved in the course of 1994.
- Harri Glowania (entrepreneur)
- Gerhard Wagner (author)
External links
Videos (in German)
- Kreuzritter für Deutschland auf dem Rotenberg, Stuttgart 1992 at Bitchute and at Rumble
- Panorama-Interview, Stuttgarter Kolbstube, Juli 1993 at Bitchute and at Rumble