Labor Organisation of Brothers-in-Arms Aseveljien Työjärjestö | |
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| Leader | Arvi Nuorimo, JE Tuominen |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Ideology | Nazism Agrarianism |
| Political position | Far-right |
TheLabor Organisation of Brothers-in-Arms (Finnish:Aseveljien Työjärjestö,AT) was a Finnish Nazi party operating from 1942, led by Arvi Nuorimo and JE Tuominen.[1]
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The party was found when the United Front party, led by Tuominen, merged with the supporters of the Nazi leader Nuorimo. The party was most active and popular inTampere. A considerable number of workers for the aircraft manufacturing companyValtion lentokonetehdas were party members. The party was funded by consulSylvester Mank.
The party leadership visited Germany in 1942 as guests of the Nazi leadership. The press agencyDeutsches Nachrichtenbüro [de] reported about the event and the Danish Nazi magazineFædrelandet [dk] interviewed Nuorimo.[1]
After the war, Nuorimo was followed by theRed Valpo and he told his life had been threatened, so he moved from Finland toUmeå.[2]
The party program was influenced by both theNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) and Finnish Nazi parties. A peculiarity of the AT program was its emphasis on agrarianism and the rights and wellbeing of farmers, wanting to allow "only those who are farming the land or using it for a similar useful purpose" to own land.[3]