Robert Tobler (politician)
Robert Tobler (born December 23, 1901 in Zurich ; † June 17, 1962 ) was a Swiss politician . He was one of the leading figures in the front movement , the Swiss equivalent of German National Socialism in the 1930s.
The Doctor of Jurisprudence was one of the founders of the New Front movement at the University of Zurich in 1930 and subsequently assumed a leading position in the National Front party . From 1934 to 1938 he sat on the city council of Zurich, from 1935 to 1939 he was a cantonal and national councilor . In January 1938, the party's parliamentary statutes officially elected him as party leader.
In spring 1940 Tobler was temporarily arrested for illegally crossing the border into the German Reich , whereupon the National Front disbanded. After his release, Tobler also took over the leadership of the successor organization, the Federal Collection, from July 1940 until the party was banned in 1943. After the end of the war, Tobler retired to his Zurich law firm. The higher court of the Canton of Zurich forbade him to practice as a lawyer in 1947, but the Federal Court overturned this judgment in 1948.
literature
- Michael Hagemeister : The "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" in court. The Bern Trial 1933–1937 and the “Anti-Semitic International” . Zurich: Chronos, 2017, ISBN 978-3-0340-1385-7 , short biography p. 575
Web links
- Marianne Härri: Robert Tobler (politician). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tobler, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politicians (front movement) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1962 |