) , successor = DNSAP (

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

)
DNSAP (

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

) , wing1_title = Paramilitary wing , newspaper = ''Freie Volksstimme'' , ideology = Pan-Germanism
Austro-German nationalism

Anti-Marxism Criticism of Marxism (also known as Anti-Marxism) has come from various political ideologies and academic disciplines. This includes general intellectual criticism about dogmatism, a lack of internal consistency, criticism related to materialis ...

Socialist economics Socialist economics comprises the economic theories, practices and norms of hypothetical and existing socialist economic systems. A socialist economic system is characterized by social ownership and operation of the means of production that may ...

Linz Program of 1882 The Linz Program of 1882 was a political platform that called for the complete Germanization of the Austrian state. It was created in response to the rising social, economic and political position of the Slavic peoples within the Austria-Hungary Du ...

, position = Far-right , affiliation1_title = , affiliation1 = , colours =

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(customary) , seats1_title = Seats in the Reichsrat (

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

) , seats1 = , blank1_title = Party program , blank1 =
''Iglau Programme'' National Socialists Before Hitler, Part III: The Iglau Programme
, symbol = National Cockade of Germany

, country = Austria The German Workers' Party (''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'', DAP) in

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

was the predecessor of the

Austrian Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ...

and

Czechoslovak Czechoslovak may refer to: *A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) **First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) **Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) **Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) **Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...

'' Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei'' (DNSAP), founded on 14 November 1903, in Aussig (

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (, , ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of its eponymous region and district. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway ju ...

), Bohemia. Its founders were

Karl Hermann Wolf Karl Hermann Wolf (also spelled ''Carl Hermann Wolf''; Karl Georg Anton Wolf; 27 January 1862 – 11 June 1941) was a German Bohemian journalist, publicist and politician. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was a member of the Czech Lan ...

, an earlier adherent of Georg von Schönerer, and Ferdinand Burschofsky. The German Workers' Party sought to defend German interests in the Czech lands. Its party program was founded on Pan-Germanism, and was vehemently anti-Slavic,

anti-Catholic Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy, and/or its adherents. At various points after the Reformation, some majority Protestant states, including England, Prussia, Scotland, and the Uni ...

, anti-Marxist and anti-capitalist. In the elections for the Imperial Council in 1905 and 1911, the party obtained 3 seats.

Hans Knirsch Hans Knirsch (14 September 1877 in Třebařov – 6 December 1933 in Duchcov) was an Austro-German activist from Moravia for Austrian Nazism. After the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he led the original party in Bohemia, called the Ge ...

was chosen as parliamentary chairman in 1912. At the end of the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Walter Riehl Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

would take over as leader of Austrian part of the party, which would be renamed the '' Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei'' (DNSAP). Concurrently, Hans Knirsch would take up the leadership of the

DNSAP, a forerunner of the Sudeten German National Socialist Party.

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