German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia)
German National Socialist Workers' Party Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Hans Knirsch |
| Founded | November 1919 |
| Dissolved | 11 December 1933 |
| Preceded by | German Workers' Party |
| Merged into | Sudeten German Party |
| Headquarters | Dux, Czechoslovakia |
| Paramilitary wing | Volkssport |
| Trade union | German Socialist Miners' Union[1] |
| Membership | 61,000 (May 1932 est.) |
| Ideology | Nazism[2][3] |
| Political position | Far-right |
The German National Socialist Workers' Party (German: Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei, DNSAP, Czech: Německá národně socialistická strana dělnická) was a protofascist party of Germans in Czechoslovakia, successor of the German Workers' Party (DAP) from Austria-Hungary. It was founded in November 1919 in Duchcov. 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.[6]
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 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 tendencies.[7] It organized fascist militia Volkssport.[8][9] In October 1933, the Czechoslovak government banned it for its anti-state activities.[6] It was officially dissolved on 11 November 1933. DNSAP was succeeded by the Sudeten German Party.
Election results
[edit]| Date | Votes | Seats | Position | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± pp | No. | ± | |||
| 1920 | 328,735 | 5.30 | New | 15 / 281
|
New | Extra-parliamentary | 7th |
| 1925 | 168,354 | 2.37 |  2.93
|
7 / 300
|
8
|
Opposition | 13th
|
| 1929 | 204,110 | 2.76 |  0.39
|
8 / 300
|
1
|
Opposition |  13th
|
| Date | Votes | Seats | Position | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± pp | No. | ± | |||
| 1920 | 300,287 | 5.75 | New | 8 / 80
|
New | Extra-parliamentary | 7th |
| 1925 | 139,945 | 2.30 | 3.45
|
3 / 76
|
5
|
Opposition | 13th
|
| 1929 | 171,181 | 2.65 | 0.35
|
4 / 76
|
1
|
Opposition | 13th
|
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Reinhard Pozorny (1978). Wir suchten die Freiheit: Schicksalsweg der sudetendeutschen Volksgruppe. Verlag für Volkstum und Zeitgeschichtsforschung. p. 196.
- ^ Whiteside (1962), pp.1–3
- ^ Nicholls, David (2000) Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion. ABC-CLIO. pp.236–37. ISBN 978-0-87436-965-6
- ^ a b Wladika, Michael (2005), Hitlers Vätergeneration: Die Ursprünge des Nationalsozialismus in der k.u.k. Monarchie (in German), Böhlau Verlag, p. 157, ISBN 978-3-205-77337-5
- ^ David Nicholls. Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. pp. 236–37.
- ^ a b Klimek 2003, 219.
- ^ Šebek 2000, 270.
- ^ https://is.muni.cz/th/361043/ff_b/Proces_Volkssport.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.bohemistik.de/sudetistikdaten.html [bare URL]
References
[edit]- Whiteside, Andrew Gladding (1962) Austrian National Socialism Before 1918. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
- Klimek, Antonín (2003). Vítejte v první republice. Praha: Havran. ISBN 80-86515-33-8.
- Šebek, Jaroslav (2000). "Německé politické strany v ČSR 1918-1938". In Pavel Marek; et al. (eds.). Přehled politického stranictví na území českých zemí a Československa vletech 1861-1998. Olomouc: Katedra politologie a evropských studií FFUP. pp. 266–278. ISBN 80-86200-25-6.
External links
[edit]- Die Stellung der Deutschen zum tschechischen Staat. Referat, erstattet am 1. Gesamtparteitag der deutschen nationalsozialistischen Arbeiterpartei by Hans Knirsch
