Junge Landsmannschaft Ostdeutschland
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Junge Landsmannschaft Ostdeutschland (Youth National Association of East Germany, "Youth Homeland Association of East Germany") is a nationalist and revanchist
Revanchism
Revanchism is a term used since the 1870s to describe a political manifestation of the will to reverse territorial losses incurred by a country, often following a war or social movement. Revanchism draws its strength from patriotic and retributionist thought and is often motivated by economic or...

, German youth organization, that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has described as “partially far-right”. Most of its activities take place in the eastern parts of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It organized a march to commemorate the Bombing of Dresden in World War II
Bombing of Dresden in World War II
The Bombing of Dresden was a military bombing by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force and as part of the Allied forces between 13 February and 15 February 1945 in the Second World War...

 in February 2009. A Bloomberg report claims it has ties to the National Democratic Party of Germany
National Democratic Party of Germany
The National Democratic Party of Germany – The People's Union , is a far right German nationalist party. It was founded in 1964 a successor to the German Reich Party . Party statements self-identify as Germany's "only significant patriotic force"...

.

In February 2009, the National Democratic Party
National Democratic Party of Germany
The National Democratic Party of Germany – The People's Union , is a far right German nationalist party. It was founded in 1964 a successor to the German Reich Party . Party statements self-identify as Germany's "only significant patriotic force"...

 and the Junge Landsmannschaft Ostdeutschland organized a demonstration on the anniversary of the bombing of Dresden in World War II
Bombing of Dresden in World War II
The Bombing of Dresden was a military bombing by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force and as part of the Allied forces between 13 February and 15 February 1945 in the Second World War...

. Approximately 6,000 people took part in the event. On February 13, 2010, as both organizations attempted again to march through Dresden, more than 10.000 counter-demonstrators blocked
2010 Dresden anti-fascist blockade
The 2010 Dresden anti-fascist blockade, organized by the umbrella group Dresden Without Nazis , an anti-fascist alliance of several German organizations, was a counter-demonstration against a planned march of neo-nazis in Dresden on February 13, 2010...

the participants from marching through the city, and about 6.000 supporters held a rally in a space adjacent to the Dresden-Neustadt train station, surrounded by police blockades.

It was at one time headed by Bernhard Knapstein, who was in the Hofgeismar Circle,
which is an organization that opposes immigration and 'does not believe in a multicultural society'.

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