Volksbund for the independence of Switzerland
The Volksbund for the Independence of Switzerland was a conservative , right-wing political party in Switzerland that campaigned for the "integral neutrality" of Switzerland.
history
On February 12, 1921, the Volksbund for the independence of Switzerland was founded. He emerged from the committee against joining the League of Nations .
Members included Hektor Ammann , Gustav Däniker , Eduard Blocher and Hans Oehler . Various important members of the Volksbund for the independence of Switzerland were close to the front movement or were involved in frontist groups.
In 1940, some members signed the two hundred petition .
After 1945, the Volksbund for the independence of Switzerland was accused of having campaigned for the annexation of Switzerland to the National Socialist German Reich , and it disappeared from the public.
In the late 1950s the last sections disbanded.
Political orientation
The Volksbund for the independence of Switzerland was right-wing and Germanophile .
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 ).
- Gilbert Grap: Differences in neutrality: The Volksbund for the independence of Switzerland (1921-1934) . Zurich 2011.
- 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
- Ruedi Brassel-Moser : Volksbund for the independence of Switzerland. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .