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Deutsche Rechtspartei
The German Right Party (german: Deutsche Rechtspartei, DRP) was a far-right political party that emerged in the British zone of Allied-occupied Germany after the Second World War. Also known as the ''Deutsche Konservative Partei - Deutsche Rechtspartei'' (the party used both names, varying the name used between different Länder, but had no direct links to the pre-World War I German Conservative Party), the initially national conservative party was formed in June 1946 by a merger of three smaller groups - the '' Deutsche Konservative Partei'', the '' Deutsche Aufbaupartei'' of the '' Völkisch'' politician Reinhold Wulle and the '' Deutsche Bauern- und Landvolk Partei''.D. Childs, 'The Far-Right in Germany since 1945', L. Cheles, R. Ferguson & M. Vaughan, ''Neo-Fascism in Europe'', Harlow: Longman, 1992, p. 70 Its manifesto was in large parts authored by Hans Zehrer. Originally intended as a continuation of the German National People's Party (DNVP), it soon attracted a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German National People's Party
The German National People's Party (german: Deutschnationale Volkspartei, DNVP) was a national-conservative party in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Before the rise of the Nazi Party, it was the major conservative and nationalist party in Weimar Germany. It was an alliance of conservative, nationalists, reactionary monarchists, völkisch and antisemitic elements supported by the Pan-German League.Nicholls, David (2000) ''Adolf Hitler: a biographical companion'' Oxford: ABC-CLIO. p.178. Quote: "The main nationalist party the German National People's Party DNVP was divided between reactionary conservative monarchists, who wished to turn the clock back to the pre-1918 Kaisereich, and more radical volkisch and anti-semitic elements. It also inherited the support of old Pan-German League, whose nationalism rested on belief in the inherent superiority of the German people" It was formed in late 1918 after Germany's defeat in World War I and the November Revolution that toppled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo-Nazism
Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (often white supremacy), attack racial and ethnic minorities (often antisemitism and Islamophobia), and in some cases to create a fascist state. Neo-Nazism is a global phenomenon, with organized representation in many countries and international networks. It borrows elements from Nazi doctrine, including antisemitism, ultranationalism, racism, xenophobia, ableism, homophobia, anti-communism, and creating a "Fourth Reich". Holocaust denial is common in neo-Nazi circles. Neo-Nazis regularly display Nazi symbolism, Nazi symbols and express admiration for Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders. In some European and Latin American countries, laws prohibit the expression of pro-Nazi, racist, antisemitic, or homophobic views. Many Nazi-related symbols a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Dietrich Bracher
Karl Dietrich Bracher (13 March 1922 – 19 September 2016) was a German political scientist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. Born in Stuttgart, Bracher was awarded a Ph.D. in the classics by the University of Tübingen in 1948 and subsequently studied at Harvard University from 1949 to 1950. During World War II, he served in the Wehrmacht and was captured by the Americans while serving in Tunisia in 1943. Bracher taught at the Free University of Berlin from 1950 to 1958 and at the University of Bonn since 1959. In 1951 Bracher married Dorothee Schleicher, the niece of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. They had two children.Ruud van Dijk, "Bracher, Karl Dietrich," in Kelly Boyd, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing'', Vol. 1, London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999, pp. 111–112. Historical views Researching the collapse of Weimar Bracher was mainly concerned with the problems of preserving and developing democracy. Bracher was consistent in all his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Constitutional Court Of Germany
The Federal Constitutional Court (german: link=no, Bundesverfassungsgericht ; abbreviated: ) is the supreme constitutional court for the Federal Republic of Germany, established by the constitution or Basic Law () of Germany. Since its inception with the beginning of the post-World War II republic, the court has been located in the city of Karlsruhe, which is also the seat of the Federal Court of Justice. The main task of the Federal Constitutional Court is judicial review, and it may declare legislation unconstitutional, thus rendering them ineffective. In this respect, it is similar to other supreme courts with judicial review powers, yet the court possesses a number of additional powers and is regarded as among the most interventionist and powerful national courts in the world. Unlike other supreme courts, the constitutional court is not an integral stage of the judicial or appeals process (aside from cases concerning constitutional or public international law), and doe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Party Of Germany
The National Democratic Party of Germany (german: Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands or NPD) is a far-right Neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 1964 as successor to the German Reich Party (german: link=no, Deutsche Reichspartei, DRP). Party statements also self-identify the party as Germany's "only significant patriotic force". On 1 January 2011, the nationalist German People's Union (german: link=no, Deutsche Volksunion) merged with the NPD and the party name of the National Democratic Party of Germany was extended by the addition of "The People's Union". The party is a neo-Nazi organizationNeo-Nazis push into town councils published by thelocal.de on 9 June 2009 "The neo-Nazi NPD party is entering several German city parliaments for the first time after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democrats (West Germany)
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* National Democrats (Germany) * National Democrats (Northern Ireland) (1965–1970) * National Democrats (Norway, 1991) * National Democrats (Norway) (2006–2007) * National Democrats (Poland) (1886–1947) * National Democrats (Sweden) (2001–2014) * National Democrats (United Kingdom) (1995–2011) See also * National Democratic Movement (other) * National Democratic Party (other) * Democratic National Party (other) * National Democracy (other) National Democracy may refer to: * National Democracy (Czech Republic) * National Democracy (Italy) * National Democracy (Philippines) * National Democracy (Poland) * National Democracy (Spain) See also * Civic nationalism, a general concept * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Loritz
Alfred Loritz (born 24 April 1902 in Munich – died 14 April 1979 in Vienna) was a German lawyer and politician who briefly rose to prominence in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Early life A Munich lawyer, the Catholic Loritz was a right-wing opponent of the Nazi regime. In early 1939, he made contact with a group of Bavarian monarchists in an ultimately-abortive attempt to foment discontent. Ultimately he would spend most of the war in exile in Switzerland. Political career In 1945, he established his own political party, the '' Wirtschaftliche Aufbau-Vereinigung'' (WAV) and soon gained a reputation as a demagogic speaker. A believer in a strong federal Germany, Loritz's fiery rhetoric attracted attention both in Germany itself and from the occupiers, with some even suggesting that he might prove to be "a new Hitler". However, although he belonged to the political right, Loritz's populism lacked a strong ideological basis, and he appealed mainly to internal refu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wirtschaftliche Aufbau-Vereinigung
The Economic Reconstruction Union (Wirtschaftliche Aufbau-Vereinigung or WAV) was a German political party that was active immediately in Allied-occupied Germany after the Second World War. Although usually translated into English as the Economic Reconstruction UnionFrank Biess, Mark Roseman, Hanna Schissler, ''Conflict, Catastrophe and Continuity: Essays on Modern German History'', Berghahn Books, 2007, p. 227 it is also sometimes known as the Union for Economic Reconstruction,Alfred Grosser, ''Germany in Our Time'', Penguin Books, 1971, p. 252 the Economic Reconstruction Association, or the Economic Reconstruction Party. Formation The WAV, which existed only in Bavaria, was established in 1945 by the Munich lawyer Alfred Loritz. It was officially licensed as a political party by the US military government on 8 December 1945. The party programmes was populist and was in some ways simply a support for its demagogic leader as it had a very limited policy base beyond support for fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Dorls
Fritz Dorls (September 9, 1910 – January 25, 1995) was a far-right German politician and former Nazi Party member. He was chairman of the Nazi-oriented Socialist Reich Party, which was banned by the German Federal Constitutional Court in 1952. Early life and pre-war period After studying history and earning his doctorate degree, Dorls worked as a farmer and forester on his father's estate. On July 1, 1929 he joined the Nazi Party (membership number 141,822). He was also a member of the Sturmabteilung. Post-military period Even though his military service had ended in 1945, World War II was still ongoing. Starting in March 1945, He taught history classes at the German Labor Front Reich School in Erwitte. In May 1945, after the war had ended, he was taken into custody and then interned by the British. Founding of the Socialist Reich Party When Dorls was released from the British internment camp in 1946, Dorls became a member of the German Reich party and quickly became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Krüger (politician)
Gerhard Krüger (6 December 1908 – 22 May 1994) was a Nazi Party student leader and later a leading figure within the neo-Nazi movement. Early years Krüger was born in Mottlau, Danzig. He first came to politics as a member of the Bund Oberland and it was from this basis that he was attracted to Nazism, joining the Sturmabteilung in 1926 and the Nazi Party itself in 1928.Philip Rees, ''Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890'', 1990, p. 214 He became the leader of Nazi student groups at both the University of Leipzig and the University of Greifswald and in 1933 was appointed head of the Deutsche Studentenschaft. Nazi Party activity Krüger's profile began to rise within the Nazi Party and in 1936 he was appointed to serve under Philipp Bouhler as ministerial leader of the Investigation Committee for the Protection of National Socialist Literature, a body that sought to ensure all published books conformed to Nazi ideology, with a special remit to examine books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Ernst Remer
Otto Ernst Remer (18 August 1912 – 4 October 1997) was a German ''Wehrmacht'' officer in World War II who played a major role in stopping the 20 July plot in 1944 against Adolf Hitler. In his later years he became a politician and far right activist. He co-founded the Socialist Reich Party in West Germany in the 1950s and is considered an influential figure in post-war neo-fascist politics in Germany.Atkins 2004, pp. 273–274. Early life Otto Ernest Remer was born at Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, in the German Empire on 18 August 1912. He attended a military academy and was commissioned as an officer in the German Army 1932 at the age of 20, a few months before Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany, initiating a series of laws in the Weimar Republic which made him the sole leader in the country. Military career Remer took part in the Invasion of Poland in 1939, the Balkans Campaign, and Operation Barbarossa. In April 1942, he was posted to Infantry Regiment Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Reich Party
The Socialist Reich Party (german: Sozialistische Reichspartei Deutschlands) was a West German political party founded in the aftermath of World War II in 1949 as an openly neo-Nazi-oriented splinter from the national conservative German Right Party (DKP-DRP). The party achieved some electoral success in northwestern Germany (Lower Saxony and Bremen). In 1952, the SRP was the first political party to be banned by the Federal Constitutional Court. Origins It was established on 2 October 1949 in Hameln by Otto Ernst Remer, a former Wehrmacht major general who had played a vital role in defeating the 20 July plot, Fritz Dorls, a former editor of the CDU newsletter in Lower Saxony, and Gerhard Krüger, leader of the German Student Union under the Third Reich, after they had been excluded from the DKP-DRP. The SRP saw itself as a legitimate heir of the Nazi Party; most party adherents were former NSDAP members. Its foundation was backed by former Luftwaffe Oberst Hans-Ulrich Rudel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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