German National Association of Commercial Employees

The German National Association of Commercial Employees (or "German National Union of Commercial Employees"; German: Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband, DHV) was a German nationalist and anti-Semitic labour union in Germany. It was directed against Social democracy,[1] had an anti-democratic and anti-liberal ideology, and supported the concept of a conservative revolution.[2] It promoted the interests of the merchant class. To prevent the spread of social democratic thoughts, it propagated patriotic and völkisch mentality.[3] It is considered a proto-fascist or pre-fascist movement.[4] It existed between 1893 to 1933.[5] By 1914 it had 160,000 members, by 1932 it had over 400,000 members.[6] It cooperated with the Nazi Party and sought to unite Nazism and political Catholicism together.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Joan Campbell. European labor unions. Wesport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 1992. Pp. 163-164.
  2. ↑ Larry Eugene Jones, James N. Retallack. Between reform, reaction, and resistance: studies in the history of German conservatism from 1789 to 1945. Berg, 1993, p. 20.
  3. ↑ Matthew Lange. Antisemitic anticapitalism in German culture from 1850-1933. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006, p. 224.
  4. ↑ Peter Davies, Derek Lynch. The Routledge companion to fascism and the far right. London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge, p. 4.
  5. ↑ Matthew Lange. Antisemitic anticapitalism in German culture from 1850-1933. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006. Pp. 224.
  6. ↑ Joan Campbell. European labor unions. Wesport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 1992, p. 164.
  7. ↑ Joan Campbell. European labor unions. Wesport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 1992. Pp. 163-164.
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