What is Günter Deckert?
[[File:2018-11-17 - Günter Deckert, NPD - 3788.jpg|right|200px]] '''Günter Deckert''' (9 January 1940 – 31 March 2022) was a German far-right political activist and politician. He was the leader of the far-right [[National Democratic Party of Germany]] (NPD) from 1991 until 1996.<ref>{{cite book|author=Christina Schori Liang|title=Europe for the Europeans: the foreign and security policy of the populist radical right|url=https://archive.org/details/europeforeuropea00lian|year=2007|publisher=Ashgate|isbn= 978-0-7546-4851-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/europeforeuropea00lian/page/n160 142]}}</ref> He was in prison for five years in Germany for [[Holocaust denial]] and causing racial hatred.<ref>[http://www.h-ref.de/personen/leuchter-fred/index.php Der Leuchter-Report: Geschichtsfälschung auf Bestellung] Holocaust-Referenz: Argumente gegen Auschwitzleugner. {{in lang|de}}</ref> Deckert was born in [[Heidelberg]], [[Germany]]. Deckert died on 31 March 2022 at the age of 82.<ref>[https://www.rnf.de/weinheim-rechtsradikaler-politiker-guenter-deckert-verstorben-287062/ Weinheim: Rechtsradikaler Politiker Günter Deckert verstorben] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deckert, Gunter}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Holocaust deniers]] [[Category:Politicians from Heidelberg]] [[Category:Neo-Nazis]] {{bio-stub}}