Helvetic Action

The Helvetic Action (HV) came into being in 1934 from the merger of the front parties, the Heimatwehr, and the Swiss Fascist Movement (SFB).

The party leader was Colonel Arthur Fonjallaz from Vaud . The party fought against Freemasonry , " interest bondage " and Bolshevism . In some cantons they worked with the National Front .

In the 1934 elections, the AGM won 40.4 % of the vote in Frutigen and 11.4% in the Simmental . At the end of 1934 there was a dispute as to whether and how the party should cooperate with the fascists, and the Helvetic Action split up again.

literature

• 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 ).

Web links

• Walter Wolf: Helvetic Action. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Markus Jud: Front movement at geschichte-schweiz.ch