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| Kohti Vapautta! | |
|---|---|
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| Foundation | 2019 |
| Dates of operation | 2019 (2019)–present |
| Country | Finland |
| Motives | Creation of a Neo-Nazi Finland Immediate stop tomass immigration Repatriation of non-Finnish descended people Self-sufficiency Withdrawal from the European Union and the United Nations.[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Flag |  |
| Website | kohtivapautta.com (defunct) |
Kohti Vapautta! (transl. Towards Freedom![2]) is aFinnishneo-Nazi organization.[3] It was founded in 2019, and was named after traditionalIndependence Day rallies.[4]
In 2016, the Nordic Resistance Movement organized a neo-Nazi march in the Finnish capitalHelsinki.[5] Before the next independence day, the Nordic Resistance Movement's Finnish branch was banned by the Pirkanmaa District Court. Organizers of an event described the 2017 march as being organized by independent National Socialists that all National Socialist movements were invited to.[6] In 2018, theFinnish Police intercepted the march and arrested leader of the banned Finnish branch of the Nordic Resistance Movement and three flag bearers, who were carryingNazi flags.[7]
In Spring 2019, the organizers of the march announced the formation of the Kohti Vapautta! group.[3] The group was formed in anticipation of the ban on the previous group, although the new group was for a time itself expected to be banned.[2] TheNational Bureau of Investigation suspects the Nordic Resistance Movement to be continuing its operations under the names Kohti Vapautta! and Suomalaisapu.[8][9]
On November 9, 2019, on the anniversary of theKristallnacht pogrom, Kohti Vapautta! organized a rally and waved swastika flags inHelsinki. Later that same day, neo-Nazis vandalized Helsinki synagogue and Israeli embassy by tagging them withyellow stars bearing the word "Jew".[10]
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