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

↑ '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

The far right in Switzerland

Defunct far right organizations	Eidgenössische Sammlung National Front National Movement of Switzerland Schweizerischer Vaterländischer Verband Union Nationale Volkspartei der Schweiz

Active far right organizations	Freedom Party Swiss Democrats Swiss Nationalist Party

Historical far right people	Eugen Bircher (d. 1956) Franz Burri (d. 1987) Arthur Fonjallaz (d. 1944) François Genoud (d. 1996) Wilhelm Gustloff (d. 1936) Rolf Henne (d. 1966) Ahmed Huber (d. 2008) Ernst Leonhardt (d. 1945) Hans Oehler (d. 1967) Georges Oltramare (d. 1960) Jakob Schaffner (d. 1944) James Schwarzenbach (d. 1994) Emil Sonderegger (d. 1934) Robert Tobler (d. 1962)

Living far right people	Gaston-Armand Amaudruz Bernhard Schaub Eric Weber

Related topics	AUNS Berne Trial Immigrant criminality New European Order Right-wing populism Überfremdung

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