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'''Volkspartei der Schweiz''' (VPS) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] [[political party]] founded in 1951 by [[Gaston-Armand Amaudruz]] and [[Erwin Vollenweider]].<ref>[http://hans-stutz.ch/rechtsextremismus/2000/30-03-amaudruz-adolf-hitler-moglichstes.html 'Adolf Hitler tat sein Möglichstes']</ref> The party was one of the driving forces behind the foundation of the [[New European Order]] and boasted [[Hans Oehler]] amongst its leading members.
'''Volkspartei der Schweiz''' (VPS, "People's Party of Switzerland") was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] [[political party]] founded in 1951 by [[Gaston-Armand Amaudruz]] and [[Erwin Vollenweider]].<ref>[http://hans-stutz.ch/rechtsextremismus/2000/30-03-amaudruz-adolf-hitler-moglichstes.html 'Adolf Hitler tat sein Möglichstes']</ref>


The party was one of the driving forces behind the foundation of the [[New European Order]] and boasted [[Hans Oehler]] amongst its leading members.<ref>{{cite book |author-first=Graham |author-last=Macklin |title=Very Deeply Dyed in Black: Sir Oswald Mosley and the Resurrection of British Fascism After 1945 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vsi1oQEACAAJ |publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]] |date=2007 |page=111 |isbn=9781784530587}}</ref> It published its own paper ''Courrier du Continent'', although this later became the personal journal of Amaudruz.<ref>{{cite book |author-first=Damir |author-last=Skenderovic |title=The Radical Right in Switzerland: Continuity and Change, 1945-2000 |publisher=[[Berghahn Books]] |date=2009 |page=280 |isbn=9781845455804 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wP7-a7NC0mkC}}</ref> Although an important group on the international neo-Nazi scene VPS did not gain any real influence at home and eventually fizzled out.<ref>Skenderovic, ''The radical right in Switzerland'', p. 279</ref>
Although an important group on the international neo-Nazi scene VPS did not gain any real influence at home and eventually fizzled out. The group has no direct connection to the similarly named [[Swiss People's Party]].

The group has no connection to the similarly named [[Swiss People's Party]].


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Latest revision as of 08:17, 27 August 2024

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 connection to the similarly named Swiss People's Party.

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  1. ^ 'Adolf Hitler tat sein Möglichstes'
  2. ^ Macklin, Graham (2007). Very Deeply Dyed in Black: Sir Oswald Mosley and the Resurrection of British Fascism After 1945. I.B. Tauris. p. 111. ISBN 9781784530587.
  3. ^ Skenderovic, Damir (2009). The Radical Right in Switzerland: Continuity and Change, 1945-2000. Berghahn Books. p. 280. ISBN 9781845455804.
  4. ^ Skenderovic, The radical right in Switzerland, p. 279