 the socialist reich party of germany () was a west german neo-nazi political party founded in the aftermath of the world war ii in 1949 as an openly nazi oriented split-off from the national conservative german right party (dkp-drp). the srp was the first party to be banned by the federal constitutional court in 1952. ==origins== it was established on 2 october 1949 in hameln by otto ernst remer, a former wehrmacht major general who had played a vital role in defeating the 20 july plot, the vÃ¶lkisch author fritz dorls and gerhard krÃ¼ger, former leader of the german student union, after they had been excluded from the dkp-drp. the srp saw itself as legitimate heir of the nazi party, most party fellows were former nsdap members. the foundation was backed by former luftwaffe oberst hans-ulrich rudel. thumb|left|srp leaders dorls (l.), remer, wolf von westarp in august 1952 ==party platform== the party claimed chancellor konrad adenauer was a united states puppet and that grand admiral karl dÃ¶nitz was the last legitimate president of the german reich appointed by adolf hitler.martin a. lee, the beast reawakens (warner books, 1998), p. 50. it denied the existence of the holocaust, claimed that the usa built the gas ovens of the dachau concentration camp after the war and that films of concentration camps were faked.lee, p. 50. the srp also advocated europe, led by a reunited german reich, as a "third force" against both capitalism and communism. it demanded the re-annexation of the former eastern territories of germany and a "solution of the jewish question". according to karl dietrich bracher, "srp propaganda concentrated on a vague 'popular socialism' in which the old national socialists rediscovered well-worn slogans, and also on a nationalism whose championship of reich
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