National Socialist Federal Workers' Party

The National Socialist Federal Workers' Party (NSEAP), also known as the Confederation of National Socialist Confederates (BNSE), was a political party in Switzerland that belonged to the front movement .

history

In 1931 the naturalized German Theodor Fischer founded the NSEAP. One began to publish the battle sheet Der Eidgenosse . In the run-up to the 1932 Reichstag election , the NSEAP and the NSDAP organized an election rally in Radolfzell on July 29, 1932, with Adolf Hitler as the speaker. Around 5,000 Swiss listeners came.

During the spring of the front in 1933, the peak of the NSEAP had already passed. The Swiss federal authorities were investigating party member Wolf Wirz for treason .

In June 1933, the local sections of Lucerne , Zurich , Bern and Aargau switched to the National Front . On August 1, 1933, an edition of the Swiss with a swastika appeared .

In early 1934 the NSEAP sent a circular to German newspapers. In this, the Swiss press was accused of being corrupt. The Swiss public prosecutor's office considered this to be moral treason and brought charges. In June 1934 the publication of the Confederation was stopped and only newsletters were sent out.

In February 1935, the NSEAP disbanded and the members joined the Volksbund Frontist Party .

Political orientation

The NSEAP claimed to be a Swiss copy of the NSDAP . It was anti- liberal , anti-Semitic and fought against Bolshevism . Their goal was to unite Switzerland with the Greater German Reich .

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 ).