National-Social Association

National-Social Association
Nationalsozialer Verein
ChairmanFriedrich Naumann (1896–1903)
Vice ChairmenCaspar René Gregory (1896–1897)
Paul Göhre (1897–1898)
Adolf Damaschke (1898–1903)
Party SecretaryMartin Wenck (1897–1901)
Max Maurenbrecher (1901–1903)
Founded23/25 November 1896; 127 years ago
Dissolved29/30 August 1903; 120 years ago
Split fromEvangelical Social Congress
Merged intoFree-minded Union
HeadquartersLeipzig (1896–1898)
Berlin (1898–1903)
NewspaperDie Hilfe
Die Zeit
MembershipAbout 3.000 (upon dissolution)
IdeologyNationalism
Christian socialism
Social liberalism
Political positionCentre-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]

  1. ^ Berger, Stefan (2003). The Search for Normality: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Germany since 1800. Berghahn Books. p. 33.
  2. ^ Steger, Manfred B. (1997). The Quest for Evolutionary Socialism: Eduard Bernstein and social democracy. Cambridge University Press. p. 158.
  3. ^ Benedix, Reinhard; Roth, Guenther, "Weber's Generational Rebellion and Maturation", Scholarship and Partisanship: Essays on Max Weber, p. 18.

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