Socialist Reich Party

The Socialist Reich Party (SRP) was an early neofascist political party founded in Germany in 1949 by Fritz Dorls and Otto Ernst Remer. Openly sympathetic to Nazism, the SRP gained significant support in areas that were former Nazi strongholds, achieving 11 percent of the vote in regional elections in Lower Saxony in 1951. The party was subsequently banned in 1952 as a neo-Nazi organization.1

Neofascism, in general, encompasses postwar political ideologies inspired by fascism. These movements typically advocate for militant nationalism, authoritarian values, and oppose liberal individualism. They often engage in racist and xenophobic rhetoric, promote traditional national culture, and glorify violence. While early fascists blamed economic problems on Bolsheviks, liberals, and Jews, neofascists often targeted non-European immigrants.1