FRG opposition Flashcards
Name of 2nd Neo-Nazi party
National democratic party
Reasons the Neo-Nazis had potentially good conditions
Bad economy
Remember good nazi policies
Dislike of guest workers
Evidence of local sucess for Neo-Nazis
8 Seats in Hesse Parliament 1966
Reasons for lack of Neo-Nazi support
-Economy imporving
Harmed international representation
Beating up Journalists looked like nazis
How did US try achieve Denazification + sucess
1.6 million questionnaires
Resulted in 374,000 loosing jobs
Evidence of how nazi workers were needed
102/112 doctors in CIty of Bonn were nazis
Law that essentially ended denazification + political effect
1951 reinstatement act
Led to criticism of Adeneur due to his govs close connections with Nazi regime
Why did the CDU have support?
Liked relations with the West
Supported social welfare
morals
Evidence the regime was popular
High participation 1976 90%
Lots of political paries
Lack of support fro extremist parties
Evidence there was a LACK of support for extremist parties
WHen KPD banned, new communist party never got support
Membership never over 50,000
EVidence for industrial support
Reduced disputes
CO-Determination law 1951
Limited demands for pay rises in return for managed economy with welfare
How did FRG police the people
BfV 1950
BND 1956
investigate people working against the Basic Law
but forbidden from opening mail, searching homes, tapping telephones
Emergency law
1968 when protests became more vioelent
COuld track down terrorists
But- couldnt abolish existing checks, couldnt dissolve parliament
Result of the emergency law
Decline in prptests
BUT some felt violent underground resistance pnly way
Ways the gov controlled people legally
1972 Employment Ban- banned ‘radicals’ from public sector
1000s connected to LW groups lost jobs
Banned parties
1973 RAF leaders imprisoned
Banned from communicating ideas to public, stopped terrorists communicating in public
