Volkspartei der Schweiz
Volkspartei der Schweiz (VPS, "People's Party of Switzerland") was a Swiss neo-Nazi political party founded in 1951 by Gaston-Armand Amaudruz and Erwin Vollenweider.[1]
The party was one of the driving forces behind the foundation of the New European Order and boasted Hans Oehler amongst its leading members.[2] It published its own paper Courrier du Continent, although this later became the personal journal of Amaudruz.[3] Although an important group on the international neo-Nazi scene VPS did not gain any real influence at home and eventually fizzled out.[4]
The group has no direct connection to the similarly named Swiss People's Party.
References[edit]
- ^ 'Adolf Hitler tat sein Möglichstes'
- ^ Graham Macklin, Very Deeply Dyed in Black, IB Tauris, 2007, p. 111
- ^ Damir Skenderovic, The radical right in Switzerland: continuity and change, 1945-2000, Berghahn Books, 2009, p. 280
- ^ Skenderovic, The radical right in Switzerland, p. 279
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