New Switzerland

The New Switzerland was a political organization in Switzerland, which is attributed to the front movement .

history

New Switzerland was founded in March 1933 under the auspices of the Bern government councilor Fritz Joss . The New Switzerland newspaper began to be published. The organization split up at the end of the year. In June 1934, the pastor Erwin Joss was appointed head of the country .

There was increased contact with the National Front and, as a result, radicalization among some members of New Switzerland. In April 1935, many members resigned from the organization. In December 1935 the newspaper Neue Schweiz was discontinued. At the beginning of 1936 the movement finally disbanded and the remaining members joined the organization Das Aufgebot .

Political orientation

The organization wanted to represent the Swiss middle class, the craftsmen and families. They stood behind Swiss democracy, but wanted the system to be renewed. The Protestantism was the basis of political thought and you refused to Bolshevism from. New Switzerland stood up for the interests of craft and trade and directed its actions against large department stores and wholesale companies. For this reason, she actively supported the branch ban .

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 ).