Right-wing extremist "enemy lists" with more than 25,000 names

Berlin (dpa) – In investigations on the right-wing extremist scene, police have found several lists of political opponents in recent years – in addition to names are also noted addresses.

In addition to the list of addresses last year, during an antiterrorist raid in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a list of about 25,000 political opponents was found at the same time. A crisis. This emerges from the response of the Federal Justice Ministry to a leftist parliamentary question, reported for the first time by the "German Editorial Network".

The real danger to the persons concerned on a so-called enemy list remains uncertain. After a collection of 32 people and places was found in the investigation of the right soldier of the Bundeswehr Franco A., the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) informed according to government information three victims. In the case of the 25,000 people whose names were found in the far-right "Prepper" group "Nordkreuz", no information was provided following a "risk analysis". Otherwise, the ministry refers to the jurisdiction of the respective federal state.

Vice President of the Left Martina Renner then accused the federal government of ignoring the terrorist threat. "It can not be explained otherwise that the Federal Criminal Police Office does not even inform a handful of tens of thousands of victims and otherwise refuses." The Association of German Journalists (DJV) called the BKA to immediately inform the relevant journalists of their names on the inform lists. "If the right-wing extremists create archives on the defenders of democracy, it's not a hobby like philately," said Frank Überall, DJV's president.