The völkisch ideology stood close to, and could by all means be said to be the rightful predecessor to Nationalsocialism. While the ideas were much older, they had their roots in the late 1800s. The ideology was racist, pan-german and in some cases even occult or pagan. The organizations formed around or after the end of World War I was instrumental in the growth of the NSDAP. In 1920 the party aquired the daily newspaper Münchener Beobachter from the Thule Society, the name of the newspaper was shortly after renamed Völkischer Beobachter, and the publication was distributed on a daily basis until April 1945. Other groups, like Albrecht von Gräfe’s Deutschvölkischer Freiheitsbewegung, became an opposing party and rival to Hitler and the NSDAP during the mid-late 1920s.
Alldeutscher Verband (1891 – 1939) – RR The Alldeutscher Verband, or pan-german society, was one of the earliest völkisch groups, formed in 1891 and constituted the enbodiment of the ideals of the völkisch and pan-german movement. It was active both in Germany, Austria, and probably also in German communities in both Poland and Czechoslovakia. Finally being dissolved by Reinhard Heydrich in 1939, since according to the regime, the society’s political goals was fulfilled, as most of the German speaking areas of Europe was by then absorbed in to the Third Reich.
Deutschbund (1893 – 1945) – RRR The Deutschbund was one of the numerous völkisch and pan-german organizations in Germany and Austria, formed already in 1894 by the journalist Friedrich Lange. The membership base was fairly small with only about 3000 members. However, it was one of the most radical völkisch organizations in the Weimar Republic. Already in 1913 the organization published a racial hygiene program, which sought to either sterilize or liquidate elements deemed inferior to the Deutschbund’s racial doctrine.
Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband (1893 – 1933) – N DHV, German-nationalist Clerks Union, a nationalist, völkisch and antisemitic trade union operating in Germany from 1893 to 1933. The organization was absorbed by the Deutsche Arbeitsfront in 1933. The deputy chairman of the DHV, Hermann Miltzow later wrote, For us, the colors black, white, and red and the swastika were always the symbols of the völkisch-national ideals of our movement.
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