The General Dutch Fascist League (in
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''Algemeene Nederlandsche Fascisten Bond'', ANFB) was a Dutch
fascist party. It was founded on 29 June 1932 and dissolved in 1934. The leader of ANFB was
Jan Baars, a merchant from Amsterdam.
History
ANFB won 17,157 votes in the
general elections of 1933, 0.46% of the total. This was insufficient for a seat in parliament.
ANFB then entered into a 'corporative concentration' with the followers of
Alfred Haighton and the
National Union.
Jan Baars did not get on with
Carel Gerretson (the leader of ''National Union''), therefore Baars quit ANFB. Consequently, ANFB floundered without its leader and disappeared.
Ideology
The party sought to create a ''volksfascisme'', although they failed to fully define this aim and were considered closer to
Benito Mussolini than
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
despite their rhetoric.
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Further reading
{{Fascism movement
Fascist parties in the Netherlands