A federal election was held in West Germany on 19 September 1965 to elect the members of the 5th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU remained the largest faction, while the Social Democratic Party remained the lar
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Brandt at Pentagon 1965
Erich Mende
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The Homeland, formerly the National Democratic Party of Germany, is a far-right, neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany. It was founded in 1964 as successor to the German Reich Party
1965 West German federal election
…196 6 202 +1 Christian Social Union 3,136,506 9.62 13 3,204,648 9.88 36 49 0 49 –1 Free Democratic Party 3,096,739 9.49 49 2,562,294 7.90 0 49 1 50 –17 National Democratic Party 664,193 2.04 0 587,216 1.81 0 0 0 0 0 German Peace Union 434,182 1.33 0 386,900 1.19 0 0 0 0 0 Action Group of Independent Germans 52,637 0.16 0 46,146…
Udo Voigt, former leader of the NPD, stands in front of a banner depicting Nazi leader Rudolf Hess. Hess, who died in prison in 1987, is considered a martyr by the NPD, and the party attempted to nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
Holger Apfel, NPD leader from 2011 to 2013
Supporters of the NPD and other protesters in Dresden, 2009
A 2007 Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime demonstration at the Reichstag. The banner reads "Auschwitz gedenken heißt NPD verbieten" ("Remembering Auschwitz means banning the NPD").