The Wilhelm-Tietjen-Stiftung für Fertilisation Ltd. is a controversial fertility research group. Its critics have described it as a far-right extremist organization with links to Neo-Nazism

Neo-Nazism

Neo-Nazism consists of post-World War II social or political movements seeking to revive Nazism or some variant thereof.The term neo-Nazism can also refer to the ideology of these movements....

 and Nazi eugenics

Eugenics

Eugenics is the "applied science or the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population", usually referring to human populations. The origins of the concept of eugenics began with certain interpretations of Mendelian inheritance,...

 theories.

Its proposed purchase of a hotel in the German town of Delmenhorst

Delmenhorst

Delmenhorst is an urban district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of 74,500 and is located 10 km/6 miles west of downtown Bremen with which it forms a contiguous urban area, whereas the city of Oldenburg is 25 km/15 miles to the northwest. The city has a total area of 62.36 km²...

is the subject of great controversy, and campaigns by local people to keep it out of the town have made the national news in Germany and abroad.

External links

• Der Spiegel story: Fears of Racist Research: The Race against Neo-Nazis (in English)
• BBC News story: German town fights 'neo-Nazi' bid
• Mail and Guardian Online story: German town battles neo-Nazi real-estate deal
• Delemenhost sagt NEIN! ("Delmenhorst says NO!") Website campaigning against the Wilhelm-Tietjen-Stiftung's purchase of property in Delmenhorst (in German)
• Campaign website: Keine Nazischule in Delmenhorst! ("No Nazi School in Delmenhorst!") (in German)