 After 1945, the allied authorities in West Germany issued orders against certain political filmmakers, such as Leni Riefenstahl, who got a lifelong "Berufsverbot".On 28 January 1972 the federal government and the premiers of the states instituted the so-called (Anti-Radical Decree).Under this decree, people who were considered to be a member or aligned to an extremist organization, were banned from work as civil servants (), which includes a variety of public sector occupations such as teaching.