National Movement of Switzerland

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The National Movement of Switzerland (NBS) was a political party in Switzerland and part of the front movement .

history

The NBS was founded in June 1940. The aim was to create an organization that would bring together the fragmented fronts and create a unity party based on the German model.

On October 10, 1940, a conference was held in Munich under the direction of Klaus Hügel with the front leaders Hans Oehler , Benno Schaeppi from the Bund loyal Confederates of National Socialist Weltanschauung (BTE), Ernst Burri , Arthur Leonhardt from the Swiss Society of Friends of an Authoritarian Democracy (SGAD) and Max Leo Keller from the NBS.

A dispute broke out between Leonhardt and Keller over the management of the new organization. At that time, no members of the Federal Social Workers' Party (ESAP) were present.

Keller maintained personal contact with Rudolf Hess . Keller succeeded in convincing the NSDAP party officials present to support him, and he was installed as the new head of the NBS. It was agreed that the BTE and ESAP would merge with the NBS.

On October 22nd, 1940, the BTE disbanded and became part of the NBS. Alfred Zander , Ernst Hofmann and Max Leo Keller were entrusted with the management . The SS -member Klaus hill was commissioned by the Nazi party line in order to monitor the new organization and, if necessary, intervene.

The NBS had 2224 members, including Wolf Wirz .

On September 10, 1940, the Federal President Pilet-Golaz received representatives of the NBS for "orientation about their political goals", which met with disapproval from right to left. After the NBS party statutes became known, the Swiss Federal Council banned the NBS on November 19, 1940. The ban sparked violent German protests against the Bundesrat and the National Front .

According to instructions from Germany, Dr. Ashton from the German consulate in Zurich illegally continued the NBS. For this purpose, the NBS was split up into different local groups with various names, such as B. the Swiss Sports Schools (SS), various fencing associations, the Social People's Party (SVP), the Association of Nationalist Swiss Students, the Spear Association, the Federal Workers 'and Peasants' Party (EABP) and the National Bernese Sports Association (NBS).

The Swiss Sports Schools (SS) were supposed to serve as a forerunner of a Swiss SS and carry out sabotage actions if Germany invaded Switzerland.

On June 10, 1941, the federal prosecutor's office carried out a blow against the illegal activities of the NBS. Keller was arrested. For lack of evidence he was released on bail, whereupon he left Switzerland in November 1941 for Germany, where he became director of the Reichswerke Hermann Göring in Berlin and Weimar.

On August 24, 1941, there was a conference in Stuttgart under the direction of Klaus Hügel. Since there was no agreement, Ernst Burri and Arthur Leonhardt then founded the National Socialist Swiss Federation (NSSB).

Political orientation

The NBS sought to join Switzerland with the National Socialist German Reich . The model was the NSDAP. The NBS was anti- liberal, anti-Semitic and anti-Bolshevik .

The members of the NBS committed themselves to 10 commandments, which were closely based on the 10 commandments of the NSDAP:

  1. The decision of the top management is final.
  2. Never violate discipline.
  3. Never waste your time in gossip and complacent criticism, just touch and create.
  4. Be proud, but not arrogant.
  5. The program is your law, the idea an inviolable dogma.
  6. You are the figurehead of the movement, according to which you base your behavior and appearance.
  7. Practice loyal companionship.
  8. Be tough and discreet in battle! Courage is not rowdy.
  9. Right is what benefits the movement and your people.
  10. If you acknowledge these duties, then you are a true soldier of your idea.

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