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Volkspartei der Schweiz (VPS, "People's Party of Switzerland") was a
Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...
neo-Nazi Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (ofte ...
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
founded in 1951 by Gaston-Armand Amaudruz and Erwin Vollenweider. The party was one of the driving forces behind the foundation of the
New European Order The New European Order (NEO) was a neo-fascist, Europe-wide alliance set up in 1951 to promote pan-European nationalism. The NEO, led by René Binet and Gaston-Armand Amaudruz, was a more radical splinter group that broke away from the Europea ...
and boasted Hans Oehler amongst its leading members. It published its own paper ''Courrier du Continent'', although this later became the personal journal of Amaudruz. Although an important group on the international neo-Nazi scene VPS did not gain any real influence at home and eventually fizzled out.Skenderovic, ''The radical right in Switzerland'', p. 279 The group has no connection to the similarly named
Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (, SVP; , PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (, UDC; , UDC), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marcel Dettling, it is the largest party in ...
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