Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund

The Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund (German Nationalist Protection and Defiance Federation[1]) was the largest and the most active antisemitic federation in Germany after the First World War,[2] and an organisation that formed a significant part of the völkisch movement during the Weimar Republic (1918–1933), whose democratic parliamentary system it unilaterally rejected.

Its publishing arm issued books that greatly influenced the opinions of Nazi Party leaders such as Heinrich Himmler.

Its meeting place was originally in Duisburg, in Alfred Roth's house, but was later moved to Hamburg, where it joined several such other organizations.

[6] Julius Friedrich Lehmann, a Munich publisher, helped promote the organisation's ideas, and in October 1918, Claß called for a coup d'etat.

[3] However, not a single German source can be found that confirms the motto, which in fact is a verse from the song "Der mächtigste König im Luftrevier" ("The mightiest king in the skies").