Die Macht der Burschenschaften (2/5): Auf der Bude

This podcast series, in five parts, explores how far right-wing fraternity members are in Austria, how much power they wield within the FPÖ, and how they are rising to the highest offices in the state. Little is known about fraternities. They are close-knit male groups that place great value on discretion. But the fraternity of which Walter Rosenkranz is a member, of all things, grants us insights into this world. And even lets us see where bloody duels are fought. We meet the chairman of the German nationalist, dueling fraternity – and learn that he once studied and fenced with Walter Rosenkranz. Alexis Pascuttini, a dropout from a dueling fraternity, talks in episode two about his daily life in the fraternity – about strict hierarchies, cliques, and strange customs. But what happens when the traditions are questioned? And what is kept silent within the fraternity? Featured in this episode: Dieter Derntl (tax advisor, chairman of the Libertas fraternity), Judith Götz (political scientist, University of Innsbruck), Alexis Pascuttini (lawyer, city councilor in Graz, formerly of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), now the "Corruption-Free City Council Club"), Bernhard Weidinger (political scientist, Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance); Presented and scripted by Lucia Heisterkamp and Antonia Rauth; Editors: Käthe Bergmann, Benjamin Braden, Zsolt Wilhelm; Produced by Philipp Fackler STANDARD subscribers can listen to all episodes of this series here (http://dst.at/burschenschaften). Our listeners can try SPIEGEL+ for 12 weeks for just €2.49 per week using the discount code "Standard." All information can be found at spiegel.de/derstandard (http://spiegel.de/derstandard).