Hupka, Steffen

Born in a working family. He received the profession of carpenter, became a skilled woodworker ^[1] . From his youth he professed the ideas of neo-Nazism , joined the Strasister organization of the People’s Socialist Movement of Germany / Labor Party .

At the age of 20, Steffen Hupka was detained by the police for neo-Nazi campaigning. He organized in Hanover an assault unit of the ultra-right group Front National Socialist Action / National Activists . Due to an internal conflict, he left the organization shortly before the ban.

In 1985, Hupka was one of the founders of the Nationalist Front ( NF ) ^[2] . He was the main ideologue of the NF. In 1992, during the conflict, NF leader Minolph Schönborn and the head of the power structure Andreas Paul Hupka supported Paul. After the ban, NF, together with Paul, created the Social Revolutionary Workers Front . He joined the National Democratic Party ( NPD ), joined his right-wing radical.

Steffen Hupka is ranked among the Stalinist- solidarist wing of the German ultra-right movement. Has a reputation as a "silent organizer" ^[3] .

In the 1990s, Hupka organized ultra-right cells in the cities of Saxony-Anhalt , then in the Harz region. Conducted political seminars and military sports activist training. Established an effective coordination of secret neo-Nazi groups. Was considered the Harz "Nazi guru " ^[4] .

In parallel, he worked as a journalist of far right publications. In his publications, he urged like-minded people to enter the service in the Bundeswehr and the police in order to master the relevant skills.

Steffen Hupka participated in the organization of neo-Nazi processions, rallies, ritual solstices . In March 1998, he was convicted in Göttingen for six months in prison for violating the rules of public assembly. In 2001, the NPD party instances considered the exclusion of Steffen Hupki and his close associate Christian Vorch . However, both remained party members.

In the first half of the 2000s, Steffen Hupka actively participated in the conflict over the acquisition of party real estate - the castle in Trebnitsa , where it was supposed to create a federal training center for ultra-right activists ^[5] . This plan provoked protests from the left public. In April 2003, antifa set fire to the roof of the castle. Hupka organized repairs and called for physically cracking down on antifa. He also organized the raising of funds for the purchase. The object was acquired by two members of the NDP in 2010 ^[6] .

On May 1, 2006, Steffen Hupka and Christian Vorh held a march in Leipzig . With the participation of Hupka, similar actions were organized in a number of cities in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia , culminating in street clashes.

In July 2016, Steffen Hupka became the ideologue and organizer of the ultra-right movement of " nationalist settlements" in the vicinity of Hamburg . Hupka wrote a movement manifesto that stated the goal: the creation of traditional German agricultural settlements in which men work in the fields, women raise children, families and communities profess the neo-Nazi worldview ^[7] .

The main effect of Steffen Hupki’s activities is created by his role in the Free Partnerships movement ( Freie Kameradschaften ), a semi-underground network structure of a neo-Nazi asset of the type of former fricores .

Steffen Hupka is married and has two children.