by Jürgen Mosler, the fiercely homophobic leader of the party's North Rhine-Westphalia group and Busse had thrown his lot in with him in order to emerge as leader. Busse and Mosler themselves soon clashed however, resulting in a further split in the party. In keeping with his ideological roots Busse sought to reinvigorate the party by turning it towards Strasserism with which he had long been associated. However the FAP declined as successor groups loyal to Kühnen emerged, with FAP membership as low as 220 people by 1992. Later years With the FAP on the wane he became involved with organising Freien Kameradschaften but was caught by police in Stuttgart in 1994 and placed on 20 months probation for attempting to reorganise the banned Action Front of National Socialists/National Activists. Busse died on 23 July 2008 in Passau. German officials dug up his grave to remove a Reichskriegsflagge that had been placed on his casket at the time of burial. References 1929 births 2008 deaths People from Bochum People from the Province of Westphalia Socialist Reich Party politicians Deutsche Reichspartei politicians National Democratic Party of Germany politicians Free German Workers' Party politicians German neo-Nazis Waffen-SS personnel German nationalists Strasserism People convicted of illegal possession of weapons Military personnel from Bochum