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The '''National Democratic Party''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands'', NPD) is aan extremist [[right-wing]] political party in [[Germany]] that was founded in the early [[1960s]]

as a successor to the [[German Empire Party]]: ([[German language|German]]: ''Deutsche Reichspartei'', DRP). Its current chief is [[Udo Voigt]].

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On [[21 January]] [[2005]] the discussion on whether to ban the NDP was revived after an incident in the Saxon state assembly in [[Dresden]]. During a silence to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]], twelve members of the NPD walked out in protest. [[Holger Apfel]], leader of the [[Saxon party]] and deputy leader of the party nationwide, made a speech in the [[Landtag of Saxony|Saxon Landtag]] which he called the [[Allied forces]] of the [[United States of America|USA]] and [[Britain]] "mass murderers" because of their role in the [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|bombing of Dresden]] on [[14 February]] [[1945]]. He described the bombing itself as a "[[Holocaust]] of bombs". He went on to call the [[Social Democracy|Social Democratic]] leader of the parliament, [[Cornelius Weiss]], "an old [[Jew]]", to which Mr Weiss responded by comparing Mr Apfel to [[Joseph Goebbels]]. The [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic]] speaker of the parliament switched off Mr Apfel's microphone.

Chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] suggested that the government might try to place a ban on the party again, but others diddoubt not see whythat it would be any more successful than the failed attempt in [[2003]].

See also: [[Neo-Nazism]]