Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund
| Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund | |
|---|---|
Nazi Party attendees at the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund's "German Day" at Coburg in October 1922 | |
| Leader | Alfred Roth |
| Foundation | 1919 |
| Dissolved | 1924 |
| Headquarters | Duisburg Hamburg |
| Ideology | Antisemitism Völkisch nationalism Authoritarianism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Slogan | Wir sind die Herren der Welt! (We are the masters of the world!) |
| Major actions | Antisemitic propaganda Political assassination |
| Status | Banned |
| Size | c.150,000–180,000 (1922) |
The Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund (German Nationalist Protection and Defiance Federation) was the largest and the most active antisemitic federation in Germany after the First World War. It formed a significant part of the Völkisch movement during the Weimar Republic (1918–1933), whose democratic parliamentary system it unilaterally rejected. Its publishing arm issued books that greatly influenced the opinions of Nazi Party leaders such as Heinrich Himmler. The organisation was banned in 1922 following the enactment of the Law for the Protection of the Republic and it faded away, with many of its members eventually joining the Nazi Party.