# Klaus Armstroff

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**Klaus Armstroff** (born 1957) is a German politician and [neo-Nazi](/source/Neo-Nazism). He was the founder of the political party [Third Way](/source/Third_Way_(Germany)), and served as its leader until 2021.

## Life

Armstroff was born in 1957 in [Jena](/source/Jena), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany). He trained as an electrician and after [German reunification](/source/German_reunification) he settled in [Weidenthal](/source/Weidenthal). He joined the [National Democratic Party of Germany](/source/National_Democratic_Party_of_Germany) (NPD); and in the [2009 Rhineland-Palatinate local elections](/source/2009_Rhineland-Palatinate_local_elections), he was elected to the district council of [Bad Dürkheim](/source/Bad_D%C3%BCrkheim). Thereafter, he became a member of the party's leadership committee in the state of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate).[1] Armstroff's wife, Dörthe Armstroff, served the leader of the party in the state of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate) until summer 2013.[2] In the [2013 German federal election](/source/2013_German_federal_election), he was the NPD's candidate in the constituency of [Südpfalz](/source/S%C3%BCdpfalz). He finished in 8th place with 2,082 votes (1.3%). In 2013, he was involved in ideological disputes within the National Democratic Party due to his support for [Strasserism](/source/Strasserism). He also opposed the election of Markus Walter and [Ricarda Riefling](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricarda_Riefling) to the party's Rhineland-Palatinate executive board. As a result of these conflicts, he left the party that year.[3]

On 28 September 2013 Armstroff founded the [Third Way](/source/Third_Way_(Germany)) political party, and was elected as its leader at the party's founding conference in [Heidelberg](/source/Heidelberg). In 2014, the party absorbed many members of the Free Network South, after the group had been banned by [Bavarian](/source/Bavaria) authorities.[4][5] At the party's 2014 conference, he instructed members to hold protests outside of locations housing [refugees](/source/Refugee).[6] In 2019, he participated in the [612 March](/source/612_march) in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), [Finland](/source/Finland).[7] During a police search on Armstroff's home in 2020, police found a party membership application from a man named Nikolai G, who would later go on to become the perpetrator of the 2022 [Heidelberg University shooting](/source/Heidelberg_University_shooting).[8] In November 2021, he handed over the leadership of Third Way to [Matthias Fischer](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Fischer).[9] Since then he has served as deputy leader of the party. In October 2022, he was fined [€](/source/Euro)7,000 for his role in distributing posters calling for the [lynching](/source/Lynching) of [Green](/source/Alliance_90/The_Greens) politicians during the [2021 German federal election](/source/2021_German_federal_election).[10]

## References

1. ["Rechtsextremistische Parteien"](http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/de/arbeitsfelder/af-rechtsextremismus/zahlen-und-fakten-rechtsextremismus/zuf-re-2013-parteien.html) (in German). [Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution](/source/Federal_Office_for_the_Protection_of_the_Constitution). 2015. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150614095319/http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/de/arbeitsfelder/af-rechtsextremismus/zahlen-und-fakten-rechtsextremismus/zuf-re-2013-parteien.html) 2015-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-05-28.

1. Rödl, Jakob (2014-03-04). [""Der III. Weg" – eine rechtsextreme Kleinstpartei aus dem Neonazi-Spektrum"](https://www.belltower.news/der-iii-weg-eine-rechtsextreme-kleinstpartei-aus-dem-neonazi-spektrum-37164/) (in German). *Belltower News*. Retrieved 2025-05-28.

1. Hoff, Tobias (2014-02-10). ["Wohin der Weg auch führt... Die Kleinstpartei "Der III. Weg""](https://www.linksnet.de/artikel/30429) (in German). *Lotta Magazine/Linksnet*. Retrieved 2025-05-28.

1. Hartl, Johannes (2015-05-19). [""III. Weg" will expandieren"](https://www.endstation-rechts.de/news/iii-weg-will-expandieren) (in German). *Endstation Rechts*. Retrieved 2025-05-27.

1. ["Neonazi-Organisation verboten"](https://www.br.de/nachricht/oberfranken/inhalt/verbot-freies-netz-sued-freistaat-100.html) (in German). *[Bayerischer Rundfunk](/source/Bayerischer_Rundfunk)*. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2025-05-27.

1. ["Verfassungsschutzbericht Bayern 2014"](http://www.verfassungsschutz.bayern.de/imperia/md/content/lfv_internet/service/vsb_2014_pressefassung.pdf) (in German). [Government of Bavaria](/source/Bavaria). 2015. p. 114. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150524154224/http://www.verfassungsschutz.bayern.de/imperia/md/content/lfv_internet/service/vsb_2014_pressefassung.pdf) 2015-05-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-05-27.

1. Potter, Nicholas (2021-01-06). ["The Pan-European "Ikea Fascism" of Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen"](https://www.belltower.news/nordic-resistance-the-pan-european-ikea-fascism-of-nordiska-motstandsroerelsen-109787/). *Belltower News*. Retrieved 2025-05-27.

1. Teidelbaum, Lucius (2022-12-15). ["Baden-Württemberg – Corona-Protest-Hochburgen und Reichsbürger-Parallelwelten"](https://www.belltower.news/jahresrueckblick-2022-baden-wuerttemberg-corona-protest-hochburgen-und-reichsbuerger-parallelwelten-144315/) (in German). *Belltower News*. Retrieved 2025-05-28.

1. Lenze, Dominik (2021-11-14). ["Rechtes Treffen für Nachwuchsextremisten"](https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2021-11/der-dritte-weg-marsch-wunsiedel-neonazis-rechte-szene-jugendliche-nachwuchs-Rechtsextremismus) (in German). *[Die Zeit](/source/Die_Zeit)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211227215555/https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2021-11/der-dritte-weg-marsch-wunsiedel-neonazis-rechte-szene-jugendliche-nachwuchs-Rechtsextremismus) 2021-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-05-27.

1. Bernstein, Martin (2022-10-26). ["Neonazi muss für Aufruf zu Totschlag ins Gefängnis"](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-neonazis-todesdrohungen-wahlplakate-amtsgericht-1.5681609) (in German). *[Süddeutsche Zeitung](/source/S%C3%BCddeutsche_Zeitung)*. Retrieved 2025-05-27.

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