Swiss fascist movement

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Swiss Fascist Movement ( French Fédération fasciste suisse , Italian Federazione fascista svizzera , FFS) was founded in 1933 by Colonel Arthur Fonjallaz from Vaud in Rome . The organization leaned heavily on the model of Italian fascism , and Fonjallaz received financial support from Benito Mussolini in founding the party . A total of around 600,000 francs flowed into the party's coffers.

The party had around 500 members in the canton of Ticino and had local sections in the cantons of Vaud , Neuchâtel , Geneva , Solothurn , Zurich and Graubünden . There were also branches in the Italian cities of Milan , Genoa , Turin , Florence and Rome .

history

The Swiss Fascist Movement partly worked with the Heimatwehr party . In 1933 Fonjallaz traveled to Rome with members of the Home Guard and gave Benito Mussolini a wooden bear as a gift.

In 1934 the Swiss Fascist Movement launched the popular initiative against Freemasonry , but the people rejected it in 1937. In January 1934 she wanted to carry out a "March on Bellinzona ". However, this led to riots and the Ticino authorities then banned the march.

In February 1934, the Swiss Fascist Movement joined forces with the Homeland Army to form the Helvetic Action , except in Ticino and Valais . In 1935 the party failed to enter the parliaments of the cantons of Ticino and Valais.

In 1936 the publication of the newspaper Schweizer Faschist was stopped and the party dissolved due to lack of money.

newspaper

From 1933 to 1935, the Swiss Fascist Movement published the newspapers Schweizer Faschist (German), Fasciste Suisse (French) and Fascista Svizzero (Italian).

See also

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