German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia)

Not to be confused with National Socialist German Worker's Party.
German National Socialist Workers' Party
Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei
LeaderHans Knirsch
FoundedNovember 1919 (1919-11)
Dissolved11 December 1933 (1933-12-11)
Preceded byGerman Workers' Party
Merged intoSudeten German Party
HeadquartersDux, Czechoslovakia
Paramilitary wingVolkssport
Trade unionGerman Socialist Miners' Union[1]
Membership61,000 (May 1932 est.)
IdeologyNazism[2][3]
Political positionFar-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

Chamber of Deputies
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 Decrease 2.93
7 / 300
 Decrease 8 Opposition Decrease 13th
1929 204,110 2.76 Increase 0.39
8 / 300
 Increase 1 Opposition Steady 13th
Senate
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 Decrease 3.45
3 / 76
 Decrease 5 Opposition Decrease 13th
1929 171,181 2.65 Increase 0.35
4 / 76
 Increase 1 Opposition Steady 13th

Footnotes

  1. ^ Reinhard Pozorny (1978). Wir suchten die Freiheit: Schicksalsweg der sudetendeutschen Volksgruppe. Verlag für Volkstum und Zeitgeschichtsforschung. p. 196.
  2. ^ Whiteside (1962), pp.1–3
  3. ^ Nicholls, David (2000) Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion. ABC-CLIO. pp.236–37. ISBN 978-0-87436-965-6
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ David Nicholls. Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. pp. 236–37.
  6. ^ a b Klimek 2003, 219.
  7. ^ Šebek 2000, 270.
  8. ^ Suchomel, Vítězslav (2013-04-24). "Proces Volkssport Bakalářská diplomová práce" (PDF). muni.cz (in Czech).
  9. ^ "Daten zur sudetendeutschen Geschichte". bohemistik.de.

References

  • 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.