TheNational Social Movement (Bulgarian:Народно социално движение,Narodno sotsialno dvizhenie) was a minorBulgarianpolitical party formed in 1932 byAleksandar Tsankov.
National Social Movement Народно социално движение | |
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| Leader | Aleksandar Tsankov[1] |
| Founded | 1932 (1932) |
| Banned | 1934 (1934) |
| Split from | Democratic Alliance |
| Headquarters | Sofia |
| Ideology | Nazism Fascism Bulgarian nationalism Anti-communism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Colours | Gold Black |
Although a member of the governing People's Bloc ofNikola Mushanov, Tsankov had come to be a strong admirer ofAdolf Hitler and as a result he set up the NSM to offer a version ofNazism. The group avowedly preached its own idea of 'social nationalism' which for Tsankov involved support of a national workers'syndicate againstclass struggle.[2] The party itself failed to find much favour (despite being popular with many urban youth),[3] although its formation helped to speed up the collapse of the coalition government. The group did gain some following in 1934 when a number of members leftZveno to join other groups, including the NSM. The party was dissolved after thecoup d'état of 1934 just like every other political party.
The group maintained links withNazi Germany, as evidenced by the appointment of Tsankov to the leadership of a government in exile in 1944, although it did not gain power.
References
edit- ^Roger Griffin,The Nature of Fascism, London: Routledge, 1993, p. 210
- ^Philip Rees, 'TSANKOV, Aleksandur',Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, p. 394
- ^Richard J. Crampton,A Concise History of Bulgaria, p. 162
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