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Volkspartei der Schweiz (VPS, "People's Party of Switzerland") was a
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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 European ...
and boasted
Hans Oehler Hans Oehler (18 December 1888 – 7 January 1967) was a Swiss journalist and a sympathizer of Nazism. Initially a journalist, Oehler turned his attention towards producing pro-German material. Later he was one of the founders of the ''Schweizer ...
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.


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