Günter Deckert

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Günter Deckert (9 January 1940 – 31 March 2022) was a German far-right political activist and politician. He was the leader of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) from 1991 until 1996.[1] He was in prison for five years in Germany for Holocaust denial and causing racial hatred.[2] Deckert was born in Heidelberg, Germany.

Deckert died on 31 March 2022 at the age of 82.[3]

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  1. Christina Schori Liang (2007). Europe for the Europeans: the foreign and security policy of the populist radical right. Ashgate. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-7546-4851-2.
  2. Der Leuchter-Report: Geschichtsfälschung auf Bestellung Holocaust-Referenz: Argumente gegen Auschwitzleugner. (in German)
  3. Weinheim: Rechtsradikaler Politiker Günter Deckert verstorben (in German)