Nazi-type party in Namibia
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1989 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NAM1151 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nazi-type party in Namibia, 1 July 1989, NAM1151, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab9020.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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The Namibian desk at the Department of External Affairs states that there are some members of the white community who have Nazi leanings and have public displays from time to time. There is for example, a Hitler memorabilia museum in Namibia. The External Affairs spokesperson notes that Namibia is the former Imperial German colony of South-West Africa and there remains a German-speaking community in the country, with a close affinity for Germany. But it is stressed that Nazi-oriented activists are not very numerous, do not have a political party, and have very little influence. There are, however, far-right political parties in Namibia. A description of these is provided in the attached excerpt from Henry Degenhardt's Political Parties of the World- 2nd Edition.
The attached article from the Toronto Star notes that the far-right South African movement, Afrikaner Weerstandbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement), which uses Nazi-like symbols, has been attacking the Pretoria government for its participation in the Namibian settlement. It urged voters to support the right-wing Conservative Party during the elections of the autumn of 1988 in which the Conservatives were moderately successful.
