German Social Union

This article refers to the German Social Union, which existed from 1956 to 1962; on the German Social Union party founded in 1990, see German Social Union .

Otto Strasser at a DSU event

The German Social Union (DSU) was a small German right-wing extremist party under the leadership of Otto Strasser , who formerly belonged to the left, i.e. anti-capitalist, social-revolutionary wing of the NSDAP . This political party existed from June 17, 1956 (founded in Miltenberg ) to May 25, 1962.

The DSU failed to attract significant votes in elections. In 1960 Johann Löw was elected as chairman (Strasser became honorary president). In 1961 Erhard Kliese became chairman.

literature

• Richard Stöss : The German Social Union. In R. Stöss (Ed.): Party Handbook. The parties of the Federal Republic of Germany 1945–1980. Opladen 1986, p. 1243 ff.
• Extremism reports from the Interior Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia to the state parliament or state authorities 1963, page 13 (PDF file; 178 kB)