palandio
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« on: January 29, 2014, 03:31:09 PM » |
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We should note though that not all member fraternities of the Wiener Korporationsring (WKR) are Burschenschaften. And probably not all self-designated Vienna-based Burschenschaften are members of the WKR and some have never been members of the Deutsche Burschenschaft (DB).
Additionally there are many more Vienna-based student fraternities that are neither Burschenschaften nor WKR members.
What we can say is that most student fraternities in Germany and Austria are rather conservative and that most WKR member fraternities are even more to the right. Burschenschaft is a self-designation used by a variety of student fraternities that identify with early 19th century national-liberal tradition. Not all of them are far-right. Many are organized in the DB. The DB has shifted even further to the right in recent years. As Franknburger mentioned, there is an extreme-right sub-organization called Burschenschaftliche Gemeinschaft, in which many Vienna-based WKR fraternities are members, for example:
WAB Alania, WAB Albia, WAB Bruna Sudetia, WAB Gothia, WAB Libertas, WAB Moldavia, WAB Olympia, WAB Silesia, WAB Teutonia
Particularly Olympia and Teutonia are known for being openly Neo-Nazi.
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