National-Social Association Nationalsozialer Verein | |
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| Chairman | Friedrich Naumann (1896–1903) |
| Vice Chairmen | Caspar René Gregory (1896–1897) Paul Göhre (1897–1898) Adolf Damaschke (1898–1903) |
| Party Secretary | Martin Wenck (1897–1901) Max Maurenbrecher (1901–1903) |
| Founded | 23/25 November 1896; 127 years ago |
| Dissolved | 29/30 August 1903; 120 years ago |
| Split from | Evangelical Social Congress |
| Merged into | Free-minded Union |
| Headquarters | Leipzig (1896–1898) Berlin (1898–1903) |
| Newspaper | Die Hilfe Die Zeit |
| Membership | About 3.000 (upon dissolution) |
| Ideology | Nationalism Christian socialism Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left[1][2] |
| Colours | Yellow |
The National-Social Association (German: Nationalsozialer Verein, NSV) was a political party in the German Empire, founded in 1896 by Friedrich Naumann. It sought to synthesise liberalism, nationalism and non-Marxist socialism with Protestant Christian values in order to cross the ideological front lines and draw workers away from Marxist class struggle. However, it never grew beyond a minor party of intellectuals which failed to gain mass support in elections.[3]
- ^ Berger, Stefan (2003). The Search for Normality: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Germany since 1800. Berghahn Books. p. 33.
- ^ Steger, Manfred B. (1997). The Quest for Evolutionary Socialism: Eduard Bernstein and social democracy. Cambridge University Press. p. 158.
- ^ Benedix, Reinhard; Roth, Guenther, "Weber's Generational Rebellion and Maturation", Scholarship and Partisanship: Essays on Max Weber, p. 18.