Berlin bans fast-growing neo-Nazi groupBerlin authorities outlawed a rapidly-expanding neo-Nazi group on Thursday, with police staging dawn raids at the homes of its leading members, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the city's interior minister Ehrhart Koerting. The group, named "Frontbann 24" after a forerunner of Hitler's "storm troops", is "the fastest-growing neo-Nazi organisation in Berlin," according to Koerting. A spokeswoman for Koerting said the group had between 40 and 60 members but was quickly attracting more. No arrests were made during the raids. "The ban should be seen in the context of a decisive fight against far-right efforts in Germany and as an important step towards protecting our free and democratic constitutional order," Koerting said. Members of the group wore shirts "with the imperial eagle, a laurel wreath laurel wreath ancient award for victory. [Western Cult.: Brewer Dictionary] See : Prize laurel wreath traditional symbol of victory, recognition, and reward. [Gk. and Rom. Hist.: Jobes, 374] See : Victory , the Frontbann logo and the number '24' on the collar," the city authorities said in a statement. "The group's organisational goals and actions were directed in a combative and aggressive way against existing political institutions and politicians," the statement added. The ban comes a few weeks after prosecutors in Germany charged three people suspected of creating "Hitler Youth Hitler Youth German Hitler-Jugend Organization set up by Adolf Hitler in 1933 for educating and training male youths aged 13–18 in Nazi principles. "-style camps where uniformed children were "schooled" in far-right racial theory and shown Nazi propaganda Nazi Germany was noted for its psychologically powerful propaganda, much of which was centered around Jews, who were consistently alleged to be the source of Germany's economic problems. . Many mainstream politicians in Germany have also called for a ban on the most radical far-right party in Germany, the NPD NPD New Product Development NPD Nouveau Parti Démocratique (Canada) NPD Narcissistic Personality Disorder NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate NPD Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands , which has no seats in the national parliament but is represented in two of Germany's powerful regional assemblies. The NPD, which is on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of bankruptcy, made little ground in national elections in September, scoring less than two percent of the vote. 
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