The German National Socialist Workers' Party (, DNSAP, ) was a Nazi party of Germans in Czechoslovakia, successor of the German Workers' Party (DAP) from Austria-Hungary. It was founded in November 1919 in Duchcov (). The most crucial party activists were Hans Knirsch, Hans Krebs, Adam Fahrner, Rudolf Jung and Josef Patzel. In May 1932, it had 1,024 local chapters with 61,000 members.Klimek 2003, 219.
Unlike its sister party in Austria, which only played a marginal role in Austrian politics, the Czechoslovak branch attracted a considerable number of votes because of the large Sudeten German minority in Czechoslovakia. In elections, it worked together with the Deutsche Nationalpartei (DNP). The party advocated cultural and territorial autonomy and anti-clericalism. It also showed antisemitic tendencies.Šebek 2000, 270. It organized fascist militia Volkssport. In October 1933, the Czechoslovak government banned it for its anti-state activities. It was officially dissolved on 11 November 1933. DNSAP was succeeded by the Sudeten German Party.
Election results
+ Chamber of Deputies Date Votes Seats Position Size No. % ± pp No. ± 1920 328,735 5.30 New New 7th 1925 168,354 2.37 2.93 8 13th 1929 204,110 2.76 0.39 1 13th
+ Senate Date Votes Seats Position Size No. % ± pp No. ± 1920 300,287 5.75 New New 7th 1925 139,945 2.30 3.45 5 13th 1929 171,181 2.65 0.35 1 13th </div> Footnotes
References Whiteside, Andrew Gladding (1962) Austrian National Socialism Before 1918. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
External links Die Stellung der Deutschen zum tschechischen Staat. Referat, erstattet am 1. Gesamtparteitag der deutschen nationalsozialistischen Arbeiterpartei by Hans Knirsch