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- ↑ Heinz Schreckenberg: Erziehung, Lebenswelt und Kriegseinsatz der deutschen Jugend unter Adolf Hitler. LIT, Münster 2001. ISBN 3-8258-4433-1. pg. 213
- ↑ Roman Trips-Hebert: Das strafbare Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger Organisationen - § 86a StGB im Spiegel der Rechtsprechung Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine . Berlin 2009.
- ↑ faz.net 13. August 2009: Nazi-Parolen in fremder Sprache nicht strafbar
- ↑ BGHSt 54, S. 61–69.
- ↑ "Greece's Golden Dawn isn't a political party – it's more like a criminal gang" guardian.co.uk vom 4. September 2012