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Front Deutscher Äpfel,  FDÄ

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[Front Deutscher Äpfel] Image by André Coutanche, 18 Sep 2006

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In East Germany some right extreme parties have had some success in state elections, the NPD in Mecklenburg-Vorpommernin 2006 would be an example. The Front of German Apples (Front Deutscher Äpfel) philosphy is that it is not necessary to fight against such right extreme parties; they are only worth laugh at, thus they founded this group to "liberate Germany from foreign fruits." Futher information about this flag and their group (in German), can be found in this PDF file.
J. Patrick Fischer, 18 Sep 2006

Front of German Apples Flag Variant

[FDA variant] Image by Marcus Schmöger, 19 Sep 2006

The FDÄ, or Front of German Apples (Front Deutscher Äpfel) is a slightly controversial organisation. Their use of openly Nazi-alluding symbolism is not greeted with widespread support, because from a distance you would not actually recognize the apple, but just a black thing in a white circle on a red field. Interestingly, at least twice the German media mistook the FDÄ for the "real thing", namely the NPD. A report of the MDR (Central German Broadcasting Company) did this in August, and another report (at least implicitly) last Sunday, when the ZDF showed FDÄ activists while reporting on the NPD. Yesterday's Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote, that the FDÄ uses essentially the same flag as the NPD, except for the apple; this is certainly not true, as the NPD flag is quite different.
As Jan Patrick mentioned, the flag of the FDÄ is actually in use. However, the flags they showed in Schwerin (capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) were slightly different from the design shown in the pdf (and extracted by André), mainly lacking the pears in the canton. They looked quite homemade to me. A photo of the whole flag can be found at http://www.gruene-bundestag.de/cms/vor_ort/dok/145/145538.htm.
Marcus Schmöger, 19 Sep 2006

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