Socialist Reich Party

The (German: Sozialistische Reichspartei, SRP) was a far-right neo-Nazi political party in West Germany and the world’s first known neo-Nazi organization. The SRP operated from October 2, 1949 to October 23, 1952. It was the first party in Germany to be outlawed by the Federal Constitutional Court, having been banned in 1952. It was led by former Wehrmacht major general Otto Ernst Remer, known for playing an instrumental role in stopping the July 20th plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 and for being the “godfather” of the neo-Nazi movement in Germany. The party was co-founded by Remer, former Christian Democratic Union newsletter editor Fritz Dorls, and former German Student Union leader Gerhard Krüger. All three men had been denied membership in the national-conservative German Right Party due to their pro-Nazi views.

Ideology
The SRP sought to establish a reunified German Fourth Reich based on the principles of Nazism. It advocated a "solution to the Jewish question" and the return of Germany's former eastern territories to Germany. The party denied the Holocaust and viewed Chancellor Konrad Adenauer as a puppet of the United States and Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as the legitimate President of Germany, as he was appointed President of the German Reich by Adolf Hitler. The SRP wished for Europe to become a third force opposing both the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union, led by a reunited neo-Nazi German Fourth Reich.

Membership and structure
The SRP had around ten thousand members and possessed two affiliated organizations; the Reichsjugend, the SRP's youth wing, and the Reichsfront, the SRP's paramilitary wing. Both affiliated organizations were outlawed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on May 4, 1951.