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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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NAZI~LINE program & campaign are hitting a raw nerve in germany
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Vienna/Berlin/Zurich/Sofia, June 13th, 2001
Below you find the latest press release by NAZI~LINE
http://www.naziline.com
You can also find this press release at:
http://www.naziline.com/press_release_14062001.html
German version at:
http://www.naziline.com/press_release_14062001d.html
For further information feel free to
mailto:contact@naziline.com
or in urgent cases call our Hotline in Vienna/Austria:
+43 676 930 00 95
+43 1 968 10 22 [fax]
[~] NAZI~LINE PROGRAM & CAMPAIGN ARE HITTING A RAW NERVE IN GERMANY
The NAZI~LINE INTRO-CAMPAIGN officially started in April 2001, when
ubermorgen.com teamed up with german media artist christoph schlingensief.
He was signed as the media anchor for the NAZI~LINE marketing-campaign
from April to June 2001 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Strong media
coverage and controversial debates over hate crime and/or nationalistic
motivated crime are hitting a raw nerve in the german population.
Primary goals and investments of NAZI~LINE Ltd. are hate crime detection,
prevention, alternative research und information distribution. On the
commercial sector, we offer consulting services to corporations seriously
infected with hate crime. NAZI~LINE asks: "How come your company can
afford hate crime?"
NAZI~LINE Ltd. is a new company initated by the the ubermorgen-network
[ http://www.ubermorgen.com ], the same holding-company that produced the
notorious [V]ote-auction web-site during the U.S. presidential elections in
fall 2000. Our holding's headquarters as well as the fully owned subsidiary
NAZI~LINE Ltd. are based in Sofia/Bulgaria [ubermorgen Ltd.].
read more:
http://www.naziline.com
http://www.naziline.com/campaign
http://www.schlingensief.com
http://www.vote-auction.net
[] NAZI~LINE DESIGNER ASSAULTED AT PUBLIC LECTURE IN VIENNA
In April, the multi-awarded star designers bart-n-lisa.com, who created
the look & feel of the NAZI~LINE web-site received an invitation to hold a
lecture in the reknown viennese art museum "Kunstlerhaus". During their
presentation, NAZI~LINE executives Maria Haas, Hans A. Bernhard, and
bart-n-lisa.com designer Alister P.M. were attacked by an idividual
identified as "Stefan". "Stefan" apparently felt that NAZI~LINE was dis-
honoring nationalism and german 3rd reich values by using its aesthetics
to attract neo-Nazis to the program. NAZI~LINE strongly opposes such acts
of raw violence and whishes to express their deepest regrets for the
interpruption by this obviously psychologically-challenged person.
Strangely, staff members of the Kunstlerhaus, which still serves as a
haven for so-called "Old-Nazis" - they serve in the board of members -
decided to ban NAZI~LINE from their website instead of exploring and
discussing the issue.
Please feel free to look at the footage, provided by an amateur filmer
from the audience [a guest of voortekk.com]: http://www.terrorbyte.net
and read more about this attack under...
http://www.naziline.com/campaign [german only!]
and visit the web-site of the NAZI~LINE star-designers...
http://www.bart-n-lisa.com
[] BEFORE AND AFTER: NEO-NAZIS, SKINHEAD MUSIC AND THE GERMAN "REICHSTAG"
NAZI~LINE casted 6 individuals engaged in the german Neo-Nazi scene
for the play "Hamlet" at the "Schauspielhaus" Theater in Zurich,
Switzerland. Here is a quick overview about what happened to some of
the integrated Neo-Nazis and novice actors since the play opened May 12,
2001 in Zurich:
. Melanie Dittmer - the only woman in the crew - returned to her old
routine, and is back with her former Neo-Nazi gang members. She was
subsequently expelled from the "Hamlet" acting-crew.
. Torsten Lemmer, who controls the largest label for right-wing skinhead
music worldwide, has announced his intention to sell off his majority-
share of the music-company to the german ministery of interiors.
negotiations are said to be underway. The label: http://www.rocknord.de
. Markus Boesfleisch, who is a studied actor, was imprisoned in cologne/
germany on charges of failure to comply with a former court ruling.
. Jan Zobel was kicked out from his ongoing apprenticeship in a
dusseldorf/germany based company. he now moved on to acting as the
leading force behind the founding of an alternative exit-program from
and for neo-Nazis [self-support group].
. Martin Kohlmann was kicked out by his "Hamlet" crew members as they
did not consider his motivation to leave Nazism behind to be sincere.
During their latest media appearances at the german "Reichstag" - the
german parliament - guided by green party member rezzo schlauch and
a dozen camera-teams and news-reporters, and at the press conference
june 12 in zurich, crew members stated that they intend to start their
own program, from and for neo-Nazis willing to leave their communities.
Take a look at the picture of the neo-nazi crew at the Reichstag:
http://www.naziline.com/campaign/press_bilder_BER1.html
See pictures of the neo-Nazis and their short-biographies
http://www.naziline.com/campaign/dienazis.html
[] GERMAN "EXIT"-PROGRAM ATTACKS NAZI~LINE VIA THE MEDIA
As Germany seems to be again falling into the pitfalls of fatally interpreted
patriotism, german minister of interiors, Otto Schily [former laywer
of leftist terror group RAF] gave start to a number of federal, state and
community programs aiming to fight Neo-Nazi movements.
The primary goal of these undisclosed and only vaguely described programs,
namely "RAUS" [german for "get out"], is to use classical FBI-strategies in
order to target Neo-Nazi groups by offering attractive crown witness programs
to key people within those movements. The second most prominent program "EXIT"
was initiated by german yellow-press-magazin "Stern" and former intelligence
officer Bernd Wagner. While both of the above-mentioned programs surely want
to seriously reach out to hate-striken people throughout germany, they
unfortunately fail to clearly differentiate between partners and "the enemy":
NAZI~LINE received legal threats by "EXIT" ordering NAZI~LINE to refrain
from mentioning EXIT within their link list. Additionally we have trustworthy
information that "EXIT" has put enormous pressure on small grassroots
organisations such as "WEISSE ROSE DUESSELDORF", in order to avoid their
cooperation with the NAZI~LINE campaign.
Furthermore, the .gov funded RAUS program and their federal and state units
are surfing our web-site day in, day out, trying to find how to legally stop
NAZI~LINE from operating its online services.
http://www.weisse-rose.org
http://www.exit-deutschland.de
http://www.bpb.de
http://www.bmi.bund.de
[~] THE NAZI~LINE CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND
Our european NAZI~LINE ad-campaign intendes to establish the brand
NAZI~LINE within a broad audience. The overwhelming success of the
campaign proofs NAZI~LINE's ideas of artistic and alternative
methods to be a most viable mean of targeting classic taboo issues.
The NAZI~LINE campaign integrated neo-nazis economically by providing
jobs to individuals ready to leave their old world of useless hate
behind. The pilot-project "HAMLET" has recruited 6 neo-Nazis to play
in Shakespears "Hamlet", directed by Christoph Schlingensief.
"..Schlingensief, known for his political incorrectness.. who misses no
opportunity to portray how politics and life are intertwined..."
NZZ, april 2001 http://www.nzz.ch/english/swiss_week/2001/april.html
The NAZI~LINE campaign site has so far gathered around 2.5 Mio Visits
and a registered community of about 17.000 users within the months
April to June 2001. Over 500 News-features [TV, Radio, Online, and
Print] in Europe resulted in a massive media surface. Journalists
in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, but also The Netherlands, Spain,
Denmark, Russia, and France have covered the story since.
The german campaign web-site:
http://www.naziline.com/campaign
The european press-coverage:
http://www.naziline.com/press_archive.html
[~] THE CAMPAIGN TIMELINE; ACTIONS & TOPICS:
10.1.2001 ~ Founding of NAZI~LINE ltd., Sofia/Bulgarien, the operational
company running the program and consulting services NAZI~LINE.
Fully owned by ubermorgen Ltd., the sofia-based holding-corp.
17.1.2001 ~ Swiss nationalistic Party "SVP" initiates parliamentary
session regarding the play "Hamlet" as the party expected riots
in Zurich and thusly requested a clear positioning of the City-
Government of Zurich/Switzerland.
30.1.2001 ~ Corporate Web-Site ONLINE [www.naziline.com]
10.4.2001 ~ Official start NAZI~LINE - THE CAMPAIGN in Zurich/Switzerland
15.4.2001 ~ Campaign Web-Site ONLINE [www.naziline.com/campaign]
16.4.2001 ~ Neo-Nazi casting for "Hamlet" in Berlin, Zurich and Vienna
20.4.2001 ~ NAZI~LINE billboard-distributor shot down with a gas-pistol
in Zurich, NAZI~LINE and Schauspielhaus Zurich employees
receive serious death-threats via cellphones, snail mail/email
25.4.2001 ~ Neo-Nazis arrive in Zurich, public reception with music and
press-conference in Zurich main-station
29.4.2001 ~ The aussault on NAZI~LINE designers in Vienna/Austria
Apr.2001 ~ Hamlet/Schlingensief Street-Action-Theater, NAZI~LINE collects
signatures in the streets of Zurich to ban SVP [Swiss
Peoples Party] and ZSC [Zurich Ice-Hockey Club]:
http://www.naziline.com/campaign/press_bilder_ZH1.html
http://www.naziline.com/campaign/press_bilder_ZH2.html
12.5.2001 ~ PREMIERE/OPENING of "Hamlet" play in Zurich. pictures here:
http://www.naziline.com/campaign/press_bilder_ZH3.html
16.5.2001 ~ .gov programs "EXIT" and "RAUS" publicly attack NAZI~LINE
22.5.2001 ~ Guestplay "Hamlet" in Berlin, Panel-Discussion with german
politicians, "ex"-neo-Nazi T. Lemmer announces the offer to
sell his skin-music label to German Ministery of the Interiors
23.5.2001 ~ "Hamlet" neo-Nazis visit the German Parliament in Berlin,
along with top-politicians, intelligence agents and journalists
12.6.2001 ~ Press-conference of Neo-Nazi actors in Zurich, announcing
their own exit-program
[~] NAZI~LINE PROGRAM TALKS DIRECTLY TO HATE-CRIME INFECTED COMPANIES
How come your company can afford hate crime?
NAZI~LINE consults companies in fighting hate crime and related
economic problems. NAZI~LINE is working on both sides of the problem:
We offer online-programs for infected companies, helping them find
out about their risks and money losses. NAZI~LINE invests into
education and integration and offers add-on services such as
psychological and medical treatment of Neo-Nazis and hate criminals.
We offer classic consulting services in the area of corporate
troublemakers and criminal employees to companies and managers ready
to increase revenues by carefully identifying troublemakers within
their organizations.
Large scaled companies as well as small family businesses have to look
for rising profits in order to maintain a healthy economic position in
their respective markets. But what to do, if your community and therefore
your company becomes infected with hate crime and its ugly side-effects?
One solution, taken by most big corporations, is to move one's
business to another place, where hate crime is either not as apparant
or being taken care of in a serious, preventional manner. However,
this step, clearly deteriorates an already critical situation in
hate crime affected areas.
Solution number two [staying and "fighting"] can seem like more work,
but creates more flexibilty on the side of the company. Companies in
hate-crime infected areas can receive public funding, improve their
image, can influence municipial politics and rocket themselves into
the hearts of small-towners and urban communities.
International corporations as well as individual victims are kindly
asked to register: http://www.naziline.com/report.html
For information on our consulting services, issues regarding hate
crime and indepth-reports, please visit:
http://www.naziline.com
[~] EUROPE FALLS BEHIND: HATE CRIME AS A NON-EXISTENT TERM IN GERMANY
Hate crime and Neo-Nazism can affect the growth and prosperity of companies
and economic networks throughout the whole world! The most recent and most
prominent example for the western world has been the wave of war and crime
throughout the Balkans.
Whereas in the United States the term "hate crime" has been recognized as a
unique form of criminal act since the 1950's, european initiatives and
politicians still focus on neo-nazistic issues and groups. the European
Union [EU] stricly negates hate crime as a phenomenon. Thus, hate crimes are
being viewed not as an act against human core values, but the classic
xenophobic motives are being transformed into extremist political
(non-)values.
Economic downturn becomes a political issue, and communities, families, and
individuals worldwide are the victims of the daily racist, sexist, and
homophobic crimes. a party to the battle which is often being totally forgot
about is the company - employing those who commit hate crimes or even
committing hate crimes themselves - and the impact of hate criminals on
infected companies.
Companies are losing money as we speak because of employees or owners filled
by hatred and prejudice. These costs include huge marketing and image costs
directly caused by harmful communication undertaken by hateful employees.
[~] GET ALL THE FACTS VIA OUR OR RELATED WEBSITES
Corporate Site: http://www.naziline.com
Campaign Site: http://www.naziline.com/campaign
Press-archive: http://www.naziline.com/press_archive.html
Press-pictures: http://www.naziline.com/campaign/press_bilder.html
FBI Press: http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/ronn.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/infragard.htm
EU Papers: http://www.europarl.eu.int/workingpapers/libe/102/text3_en.htm
In-depth: http://www.naziline.com/indepth_incidents.html
Partners: http://www.naziline.com/indepth_partners.html
For the friendly support, NAZI~LINE would like to thank its core-partners:
SILVER SERVER, .VOORTEKK, schlingensief.com, bmdi.de, esof ltd,
/DEPARTMENT, MAZZOTTI ACTION, textz.com, VOLKSBUEHNE BERLIN, WEISSE ROSE
for the NAZI~LINE team
maria e. haas hans a. bernhard dr. a. bichlbauer
CEO ubermorgen press-speaker NAZI~LINE campaign-coordinator
contact@naziline.com
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