Action Group of Independent Germans
Action Group of Independent Germans Aktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher | |
|---|---|
| Leader | August Haußleiter (1968–1980) Hermann Schwann (1965–1968) |
| Founders | August Haußleiter Hjalmar Schacht |
| Founded | 15 May 1965 |
| Dissolved | 27 January 1980 |
| Preceded by | German Community German Freedom Party Association of the German National Assembly |
| Merged into | The Greens |
| Headquarters | Homberg (Efze) |
| Newspaper | Die Unabhängigen |
| Ideology | German nationalism Environmentalism Neutrality |
| Colours | Gold |
Action Group of Independent Germans (German: Aktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher, or AUD) was a nationalist-neutralist party in the West Germany. It was founded in May 1965 as a successor of various anti-Nazi nationalist groups and parties in West Germany. By the end of the 1960s, it approached the political demands of the extra-parliamentary opposition (APO), particularly its environmentalism, claiming the title of Germany's first environmentalist party. On 27 April 1980 it would eventually merge into the then-new and still very diverse Greens for which the AUD's long-time leader, August Haußleiter, would end up serving on the federal board.