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National Front (Switzerland)
Far-right political party (f. 1930s) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The National Front was a far-right party in Switzerland that flourished during the 1930s. At its peak the group had as many as 9,000 members, according to the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland,[1] and "may have had a membership of 25,000 or so", according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center.[2] The party was financed by the Reich Ministry of Propaganda. It became defunct in 1940 and was banned by the Swiss Federal Council in 1943.[1]
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Leader | Hans Vonwyl and Ernst Biedermann [de] (1933–1934) Rolf Henne (1934–1938) Robert Tobler (1938–1940) |
Founded | 1933 |
Dissolved | 1940 |
Succeeded by | Eidgenössische Sammlung |
Headquarters | Zürich |
Newspaper | "Der Eiserne Besen" |
Paramilitary wing | Harste |
Membership (1935) | 9,000 |
Ideology | Nazism[1] |
Political position | Far-right |
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