Franz Schönhuber

German politician

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Franz Schönhuber was a German politician and the chairman of the German ultranationalist political party, The Republicans, from 1985 to 1994. Many observers consider The Republicans to be neo-fascist. Schönhuber himself was a former volunteer in the Nazi Waffen SS. The party advocated for lower business taxes, restrictions on foreign residents, an end to immigration, and a strong emphasis on law and order. The Republicans achieved some success in European Parliament and state elections in 1989, but their performance declined in subsequent elections.1

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…by another former Waffen-SS member, Franz Schönhuber. Like Almirante in Italy, Schönhuber strove to give his party a more respectable image, and his efforts extended to denying his own previous connection with the Waffen-SS. “I have no Nazi past,” he said. “I regard the National Socialist state as absolutely incompatible…
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…by another former Waffen-SS member, Franz Schönhuber. Like Almirante in Italy, Schönhuber strove to give his party a more respectable image, and his efforts extended to denying his own previous connection with the Waffen-SS. “I have no Nazi past,” he said. “I regard the National Socialist state as absolutely incompatible…
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…from 1985 to 1994 was Franz Schönhuber, a former volunteer in the Nazi Waffen SS. The party called for lower business taxes, restrictions on foreign residents and an end to immigration, and an emphasis on law and order.
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…from 1985 to 1994 was Franz Schönhuber, a former volunteer in the Nazi Waffen SS. The party called for lower business taxes, restrictions on foreign residents and an end to immigration, and an emphasis on law and order.
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