The Labor Organisation of Brothers-in-Arms (Finnish: , AT) was a Finnish Nazi party operating from 1942, led by Arvi Nuorimo and JE Tuominen.
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The party was found when the United Front party, led by Tuominen, merged with the supporters of the Nazi leader Nuorimo. The party was most active and popular in Tampere. A considerable number of workers for the aircraft manufacturing company Valtion lentokonetehdas were party members. The party was funded by consul Sylvester Mank.
The party leadership visited Germany in 1942 as guests of the Nazi leadership. The press agency reported about the event and the Danish Nazi magazine interviewed Nuorimo.
Leadership The party founder and leader Nuorimo (formerly Nylund) belonged to a Finnish-American refugee family involved in the Red Guards and labor movement and was actually suspected of spying for the USSR once he moved to Finland. He became involved in National Socialism during the war years.
After the war, Nuorimo was followed by the Red Valpo and he told his life had been threatened, so he moved from Finland to Umeå.Uola, Mikko: Unelma kommunistisesta Suomesta 1944–1953. Helsinki: Minerva, 2013. ISBN 978-952-492-768-0. He was mentioned in the 1950s in contemporary labor movement publication as a leader in a Finnish-American organization in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Party program The party program was influenced by both the (NSDAP) and Finnish Nazi parties. A peculiarity of the AT program was its emphasis on agrarianism and the rights and wellbeing of farmers, wanting to allow "only those who are farming the land or using it for a similar useful purpose" to own land.Puolueohjelma 1942 (Pohtiva – poliittisten ohjelmien tietovaranto)
References
External links The party program (in Finnish)