Federal Front

The Eidgenössische Front / Eidgenössische Aktion was a political party in Switzerland that is part of the front movement .

history

In 1931 the Federal Front was founded as a committee against the introduction of old-age and survivors' insurance (AHV) and, in general, against the expansion of the welfare state . When the people rejected the introduction of the AHV on December 6, 1931, the real purpose of the Federal Front was fulfilled.

During the spring of the front in 1933, the Federal Front was re-established under the leadership of the brothers Wilhelm Frick and Hans Frick.

In 1937, the Federal Front was renamed Federal Action .

In 1939, the Federal Action was dissolved.

Political orientation

The Federal Front fought against the expansion of the welfare state, parliamentarianism , Bolshevism and state interventionism . It represented a liberal economic model, advocated the leadership state and was anti-Semitic.

literature

• Catherine Arber: Frontism and National Socialism in the City of Bern. Much ado, but little success . (PDF; 342 kB) Univ. Bern, Historical Institute, thesis [Brigitte Studer], 2002; Slightly abridged in: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte , 01/03, ISSN  0005-9420 , pp. 3–55.
• Beat Glaus: The National Front. A Swiss fascist movement 1930–1940 . Benziger, Zurich / Einsiedeln / Cologne 1969 (also dissertation at the University of Basel ).
• Walter Wolf: Fascism in Switzerland. The history of the front movements in German-speaking Switzerland 1930–1945 . Flamberg / Zurich 1969 (also dissertation at the University of Zurich ).