Fascism in Estonia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.
Please help introduce links in articles on related topics. After links have been created, remove this message.
This article has been tagged since November 2006.

In a 1933 referendum, the league spearheaded replacement of the parliamentary system with a presidential form of government and laid the groundwork for an April 1934 presidential election, which it expected to win. However, the veterans were thwarted by a pre-emptive coup d'état on March 12, 1934. The league was officially banned and finally disbanded in December 1935.

The short-lived EVL was not a classical fascist party. Most of its support came from the workers who previously voted either for socialist or communist parties. The league rejected racial ideology and openly criticized the Nazi persecution of Jews. It also lacked the willingness to use violence, and the goal of territorial expansion.

[edit] Further reading

  • Andres Kasekamp. 2000. The Radical Right in Interwar Estonia. London: Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-22598-9
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../f/a/s/Fascism_in_Estonia_94af.html"
In other languages