German Southwest Confederation
| German Southwest Confederation | |
|---|---|
| Party leader |
Hans Hirsekorn Emil Ernst Dressel |
| founding | 1937 |
| Place of foundation | Windhoek , South West Africa |
| Alignment | nationalist |
The German South West Bund (DSWB), also known as the German South West Bund , was a political party in South West Africa , now Namibia . The aim was to achieve equality for the German Southwest .
The decision to found the party with the motto Southwest was first made on June 24, 1937 based on an idea by Edgar Sander, among other things . The Allgemeine Zeitung was behind it. The Bund as a political movement was open to naturalized Germans . Supporters of National Socialism in particular opposed the establishment . As a counter-movement , they founded cultural associations that were also open to other population groups.
In August of the same year, a survey showed that the German population in South West Africa was very interested in the new federal government. The DSWB was formally founded on August 31, 1937. Two of the members, John Meinert and Hans Hirsekorn (chairman of the DSWB) were already members of the South West African Legislative Assembly at this time .
A few years later, the DSWB had to bow to pressure from its home country. Thus Emil Ernst Dressel (Ernst Emil Dressel), former Chairman of the German Federation of South West Africa (DB) as the new chairman. He promoted the transformation into an "organization acting according to National Socialist principles and instructions".
On February 8, 1939 , the German African Party separated from the DSWB under the leadership of Martin Maier .
literature
- Martin Eberhardt: Between National Socialism and Apartheid: The German Population Group 1915–1965. LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0225-7 , p. 385 ff.
- Sandra Romer: A new home in South West Africa ?: Swiss emigration to Namibia, 1870–1946. Basler Afrika Biographien, Basel 2003, ISBN 3-905141-81-7 , p. 143.