National Front (Switzerland)

National Front
Nationale Front (German)
Front National (French)
Fronte Nazionale (Italian)
LeaderHans Vonwyl and Ernst Biedermann [de] (1933–1934)
Rolf Henne (1934–1938)
Robert Tobler (1938–1940)
Founded1933
Dissolved1940
Succeeded byEidgenössische Sammlung
HeadquartersZürich
Newspaper"Der Eiserne Besen"
Paramilitary wingHarste
Membership (1935)9,000
IdeologyNazism[1]
Political positionFar-right
Party flag

Newspaper article about court proceedings against frontists in Zürich (1934)

The National Front was a far-right party in Switzerland that flourished during the 1930s. At its peak the group had as many as 9,000 members, according to the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland,[1] and "may have had a membership of 25,000 or so", according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center.[2] The party was financed by the Reich Ministry of Propaganda. It became defunct in 1940 and was banned by the Swiss Federal Council in 1943.[1]

  1. ^ a b c National Front (Switzerland) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Simon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).