The German National Socialist Workers' Party (, DNSAP, ) was a
protofascist party of
Germans
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in
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
, successor of the
German Workers' Party
The German Workers' Party (, DAP) was a short-lived far-right political party established in the Weimar Republic after World War I. It only lasted from 5 January 1919 until 24 February 1920. The DAP was the precursor of the National Socialist ...
(DAP) from
Austria-Hungary
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. It was founded in November 1919 in
Duchcov
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. The most crucial party activists were
Hans Knirsch,
Hans Krebs, Adam Fahrner,
Rudolf Jung and Josef Patzel. In May 1932, it had 1,024 local chapters with 61,000 members.
[Klimek 2003, 219.]
Unlike the successive sister party in Austria, which only played a marginal role in Austrian politics, the Czechoslovak branch attracted a considerable number of votes because of the large
Sudeten German
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minority in Czechoslovakia. In elections, it worked together with the ''
Deutsche Nationalpartei'' (DNP). The party advocated cultural and territorial autonomy and anti-clericalism. It also showed
anti-semitic
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tendencies. It organized fascist militia ''
Volkssport''.
In October 1933, the Czechoslovak government banned it for its anti-state activities.
It was officially dissolved on 11 November 1933. DNSAP was succeeded by the
Sudeten German Party
The Sudeten German Party (, SdP, ) was created by Konrad Henlein under the name ''Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront'' ("Front of the Sudeten German Homeland") on 1 October 1933, some months after the First Czechoslovak Republic had outlawed the Germ ...
.
Election results
*Whiteside, Andrew Gladding (1962) Austrian National Socialism Before 1918. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
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