German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia)

Not to be confused with National Socialist German Worker's Party.

The German National Socialist Workers' Party (German: Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei, DNSAP, Czech: Německá národně socialistická strana dělnická) was a protofascist party of Germans in Czechoslovakia, successor of the German Workers' Party (DAP) from Austria-Hungary. It was founded in November 1919 in Duchcov. The most crucial party activists were Hans Knirsch, Hans Krebs, Adam Fahrner, Rudolf Jung and Josef Patzel. In May 1932, it had 1,024 local chapters with 61,000 members.^[6]

German National Socialist Workers' Party Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei
Leader	Hans Knirsch
Founded	November 1919 (1919-11)
Dissolved	11 December 1933 (1933-12-11)
Preceded by	German Workers' Party
Merged into	Sudeten German Party
Headquarters	Dux, Czechoslovakia
Paramilitary wing	Volkssport
Trade union	German Socialist Miners' Union[1]
Membership	61,000 (May 1932 est.)
Ideology	Nazism[2][3] Pan-Germanism[4] German nationalism Anti-Marxism[4][5] Volksgemeinschaft Negativism [de]
Political position	Far-right
Politics of Czechoslovakia Political parties Elections

Unlike the successive sister party in Austria, which only played a marginal role in Austrian politics, the Czechoslovak branch attracted a considerable number of votes because of the large Sudeten German minority in Czechoslovakia. In elections, it worked together with the Deutsche Nationalpartei (DNP). The party advocated cultural and territorial autonomy and anti-clericalism. It also showed anti-semitic tendencies.^[7] It organized fascist militia Volkssport.^[8][9] In October 1933, the Czechoslovak government banned it for its anti-state activities.^[6] It was officially dissolved on 11 November 1933. DNSAP was succeeded by the Sudeten German Party.

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Date	Votes			Seats		Position	Size
	No.	%	± pp	No.	±
1920	328,735	5.30	New	15 / 281	New	Extra-parliamentary	7th
1925	168,354	2.37	2.93	7 / 300	8	Opposition	13th
1929	204,110	2.76	0.39	8 / 300	1	Opposition	13th

Senate

Date	Votes			Seats		Position	Size
	No.	%	± pp	No.	±
1920	300,287	5.75	New	8 / 80	New	Extra-parliamentary	7th
1925	139,945	2.30	3.45	3 / 76	5	Opposition	13th
1929	171,181	2.65	0.35	4 / 76	1	Opposition	13th