German Workers' Party (Austria-Hungary)

The German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) in Austria-Hungary was the predecessor of the Austrian and Czechoslovak Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei (DNSAP), founded on 14 November 1903, in Aussig (Ústí nad Labem), Bohemia. Its founder was Ferdinand Burschofsky.

German Workers' Party Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in Österreich
Abbreviation	DAP
Notable members	Rudolf Jung[1][2] Hans Knirsch[3][4] ... and others Hans Krebs Walter Riehl[5] Alfred Proksch[6] Alois Ciller Wilhelm Prediger Adam Fahrner [de; cs] Ferdinand Ertl [de][7] Ludwig Vogel Ferdinand Seidl [arz; de; cs] Otto Kroy [de; cs]
Founder	Ferdinand Burschofsky
Founded	14 November 1903 (1903-11-14); Aussig, Bohemia[8]
Dissolved	5 May 1918
Preceded by	German-Political Workers' Association for Austria[9]
Succeeded by	DNSAP (Austria)[10][11] DNSAP (Czechoslovakia)
Newspaper	Freie Volksstimme
Ideology	Pan-Germanism[12] Austro-German nationalism Anti-Marxism[12][13] Socialist economics[14] Linz Program of 1882
Political position	Far-right[11]
Electoral alliance	Deutscher Nationalverband
Colours	Black   Red   Gold   Blue (customary)[15][16]
Party program	Trautenau Programme (1904) Iglau Programme (1913)[17]
Seats in the Reichsrat (1911)	3 / 516
Election symbol
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The German Workers' Party sought to defend German interests in the Czech lands. Its party program was founded on Pan-Germanism, and was vehemently anti-Slavic, anti-Catholic, anti-Marxist and anti-capitalist.

In the elections for the Imperial Council in 1905 and 1911, the party obtained 3 seats. Hans Knirsch was chosen as parliamentary chairman in 1912. At the end of the First World War, Walter Riehl would take over as leader of Austrian part of the party, which would be renamed the Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei (DNSAP). Concurrently, Hans Knirsch would take up the leadership of the Czechoslovak DNSAP, a forerunner of the Sudeten German National Socialist Party.

Election results

Imperial Council

Date	Votes			Seats		Position	Size
	No.	%	± pp	No.	±
1907	3,486	0.08	New	0 / 259	New	Extra-parliamentary	49th
1911	26,670	0.59	0.51	3 / 259	3	Opposition	35th

See also

• German Workers' Party (Germany)

References

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2. "Rudolf Jung". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
3. Liberty or Equality, Von Kuenhelt-Leddihn, Christendom Press, Front Royal, VA, 1993. pg 254.
4. Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, The Bohemian Background of German National Socialism: The DAP, DNSAP and NSDAP, in Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jun., 1948), pp. 339-371.
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7. Kleine politische Nachrichten. In: Vorarlberger Tagblatt, 28 November 1925, p. 3 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/btb.
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9. (German: Deutschpolitischer Arbeiterverein für Österreich)
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15. Members of the pan-German movement wore blue cornflowers, known to be the favourite flower of German Emperor William I, in their buttonholes, along with cockades in the German national colours (black, red, and yellow).
16. Giloi, Eva (2011). Monarchy, Myth, and Material Culture in Germany 1750–1950. Cambridge University Press. pp. 161–162.
17. National Socialists Before Hitler, Part III: The Iglau Programme.