Günter Deckert
Günter Deckert | |
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Deckert in 2018 | |
| Leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany | |
| In office 1991–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Mussgnug |
| Succeeded by | Udo Voigt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1940 Heidelberg, Baden, Germany |
| Died | 31 March 2022 (aged 82) Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Political party | National Democratic Party of Germany |
| Profession | Politician |
Günter Deckert (9 January 1940 – 31 March 2022) was a German far-right political activist. He was the leader of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD). He served five years in prison in Germany for various offences, including Holocaust denial and incitement to racial hatred. He translated the Leuchter report, an investigation he commissioned from an American Holocaust denier which attempted to cast doubt on the feasibility of mass extermination via the gas chambers in the Holocaust.