Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party
Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party | |
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Leader | Hristo Kunchev |
Founded | 1932 |
Dissolved | 1944 | (banned)
Headquarters | Formerly Sofia, Bulgaria |
Newspaper | Attack! |
Ideology |
National Socialism Bulgarian nationalism |
Political position | Far-right |
Religion | Bulgarian Orthodox Church |
Colors | Black |
Party flag | |
The Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party (Bulgarian language: Българска Национал-Социалистическа Работническа Партия) was a Nazi party based in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
It was one of a number of anti-Semitic groups to emerge in Bulgaria after the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany, with other notable groups including the Union of Bulgarian National Legions and Ratnik.[1] The party was established by Doctor Hristo Kunchev or Kuntscheff in 1932, who had studied medicine in Berlin.[2] The party sought to copy the Nazi Party by adopting the National Socialist Program, the swastika and other symbols of the German party.[2] Unlike some of its competitors on the far right like the Union of Bulgarian National Legions and the Ratniks, it was not a very influential group and had a relatively small membership.[3] The party published a newspaper called "Attack!", similar to "Der Angriff" of Joseph Goebbels. After the Bulgarian Communist Party established the People's Republic of Bulgaria the party was banned.