Slovenská národná strana (1871)
The Slovenská národná strana (short name SNS , German : Slovak National Party ) was a Slovak political party that was active from 1871 to 1938 in the Kingdom of Hungary and the first Czechoslovak Republic . Historically it was the first political party of the Slovaks and its program was nationalist and evangelical .
Today's Slovak National Party is not a legal one, but sees itself as an ideological successor to the party.
History of the party
The SNS emerged in the 1870s as a national party committed to the struggle for the emancipation of the Slovaks in the Kingdom of Hungary after the fall of neo-absolutism in the Austrian Empire. The memorandum národa slovenského ( Memorandum of the Slovak Nation ), proclaimed in 1861, served as a template for the party program .
Until 1901 the party pursued a passive policy. From this year she became more active and presented cultural and linguistic demands of the Slovaks. On October 30, 1918, she took part in the establishment of the only briefly existing Slovak National Council , which campaigned for the declaration of Martin and thus for the integration of Slovakia into the newly founded Czechoslovakia.
In Czechoslovakia, however, it faded into the background before it, under pressure, united with Hlinka's Slovak People's Party in 1938 .