German Social Union (West Germany)
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German Social Union was a Neo-Nazi political party founded in Germany in the 1950s by Otto Strasser
, who advocated a relatively more left-wing position in the far-right Nazi Party. It was intended to more closely combine German nationalism
and socialism
.
Otto Strasser
Otto Johann Maximilian Strasser was a German politician and 'left-wing' member of the National Socialist German Workers Party. Strasser was part of the ‘left-wing’ faction of the party, along with his brother Gregor Strasser, and broke from the party due to disputes with the ‘Hitlerite’ faction...
, who advocated a relatively more left-wing position in the far-right Nazi Party. It was intended to more closely combine German nationalism
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
and socialism
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
.