Alert over neo-Nazi numberplates

German's intelligence service has warned of a rise in rightwing extremists exploiting the country's car registration system to express their political views. The authorities in the state of Brandenburg have been told to keep an eye open for "suspicious" numberplates that bear what they refer to as "critical combinations", such as AH for Adolf Hitler, KZ for Konzentrationslager (concentration camp), or NS for National Socialism.

Vehicle registration authorities have been warned to review their policies and to disallow suspect letters or numbers. The government is considering banning the use of combinations that refer to "controversial organisations and parties".

Other taboo variations include SA, for SturmAbteilung, or stormtroopers; HJ, for Hitler-Jugend (Hitler Youth); 18, for the first and eighth letters of the alphabet, AH; and 88 for HH, Heil Hitler.

People registering cars in Germany have until now been largely free to choose for themselves the number and letter combination of their numberplates, at no extra cost.

Experts from Brandenburg's Constitutional Protection Authority have said that rightwing extremists have been exploiting the numberplate system as a subtle way of identifying themselves to the public and to each other. "They serve as identification marks between like-minded people," it said in a newly-published brochure on the subject, entitled Critical Combinations in Motor Vehicle Codes.

It said some numberplate combinations indicated an "anti-democratic mindset" but admitted that some people might have chosen the combinations for innocent reasons. "Often people put their initials and dates of birth on their numberplates," a spokesman said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/18/rise-neonazi-numberplates-rightwing-germany

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