Deutsche Heidnische Front (DHF or German Heathens' Front) is a far right

Far right

Far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics. Far-right politics may involve anti-immigration and anti-integration stances towards groups that are...

 Neo-pagan

Neopaganism

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 group which was created in 1998 as the German

Germany

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 section of the Heathen Front

Heathen Front

The Allgermanische Heidnische Front was an international Neo-Nazi organization espousing a philosophy influenced by anti-Semitism, xenophobia and folkish heathenry or Ásatrú, often called Odalism.-History:...

. It was formed by avowed neo-Nazi Hendrik Möbus.

Self-description and Ideology

The group seeks to restore an ancient Germanic religion, although it breaks from those other pagan groups who do not include a strong völkisch core to this. The members believe that their actions are driven by Norse mythology

Norse mythology

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 and as such it belongs to the same tradition as the Völkisch movement

Völkisch movement

The volkisch movement is the German interpretation of the populist movement, with a romantic focus on folklore and the "organic"...

s, the Thule Society

Thule Society

The Thule Society , originally the Studiengruppe für germanisches Altertum , was a German occultist and völkisch group in Munich, named after a mythical northern country from Greek legend...

 and elements within the Nazi Party. Strongly anti-Semitic

Anti-Semitism

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, the DHF has been driven by the Fourteen Words

Fourteen Words

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 of David Lane. Nevertheless, modern Neo-Pagan community does not hold any racist, Nazi, extreme right-wing or racial supremacist believe and most Neo-Pagan groups reject Racism and Nazism,.

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In 2001 the DHF publicly redefined itself. Although it retained its commitment to völkisch ideals it also stated that it offered no allegiance to any political faction or politically-motivated subculture. It also claimed that it was not the group's intention to support hatred towards any other faith or ethnic group.

Structure

The DHF structure is based around freely associated Gauen or districts. Within these districts celebrations are organized at traditional sites, particularly at solstice

Solstice

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 time. A summer solstice festival held in Kyffhäuserkreis

Kyffhäuserkreis

The Kyffhäuserkreis is a district in the northern part of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Mansfeld-Südharz, Saalekreis und Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, and the districts Sömmerda, Unstrut-Hainich and Eichsfeld.-History:...

 in 2002 was mentioned in a report by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution as the site was used for similar festivities by the SS

Schutzstaffel

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.http://www.verfassungsschutz.thueringen.de/vsberichte/2002/rechtsextremismus.htm The group publishes a magazine Tuisto, which deals with pagan, cultural and historical themes.