Kühnen), but nonetheless, he found that support for his cause had waned during his prior incarceration. Some believe this was due to a move away from orthodox Nazism to Strasserism in the German underground, leaving Kühnen's position somewhat compromised. Kühnen then began to look to Ernst Röhm for inspiration, and he broke away from full support for Adolf Hitler, condemning Hitler's purges against the SA and calling for a return to pre-1934 Nazism. Alongside the infiltration, he also formed his own successor group, the Gesinnungsgemeinschaft der Neuen Front in 1984. With rumours spreading that he was to be arrested, Kühnen fled to Paris in early 1984 and sought refuge with the neo-Nazi group Fédération d'action nationale et européenne (FANE), with whom he had previously established contacts. Whilst working with FANE, he visited Spain and met with Léon Degrelle, establishing relations with the former Waffen-SS man who had become a central player in the Spanish Circle of Friends of Europe (CEDADE). Kühnen was arrested in Paris and extradited to Germany to face trial on a number of charges related to neo-Nazism. He was sentenced to a further four years in prison. In 1986, while in prison, Kühnen came out as gay. In response to critics within the neo-Nazi movement, he argued that his lack of a family meant he had more time to devote to militancy, and he pointed out that Ernst Röhm was also a gay Nazi. However, Kühnen lost much support in the strongly-homophobic neo-Nazi scene. The FAP split, with Kühnen's former ally Friedhelm Busse leading the larger anti-gay wing, which held effective control of the party by 1989. Kühnen was released from prison in March 1988, and almost immediately, he set up a new group, Nationale Sammlung. When this group was banned the following year, he enacted a policy of setting up group after group, in an effort to confuse authorities. Of these movements, German Alternative was the most well-known. During this period, it was revealed that Kühnen had contracted HIV. 1990s Again implementing his direct action approach, Kühnen led a group of white power skinheads to Frankfurt an der Oder on 8 April 1991, to protest against the opening of the Polish border. Despite a police presence, Kühnen led the group in throwing stones and other projectiles at cars crossing the border. Kühnen died on 25 April 1991, of AIDS-related diseases. He was cremated at the Kasseler