Christian Social Party (Germany)

The Christian Social Party was an antisemitic German Christian political party. The German antisemitic preacher Adolf Stoecker founded the Christian Social Workers’ Party in 1878, later renamed the Christian Social Party in 1881.

Adolf Stoecker
The founder of Christian Social Party, Adolf Stoecker, was a court chaplain to German Emperor Wilhelm I, antisemite, and politician. He was a pastor at Seggerde, Hamersleben, chaplain during the Franco-German War, and court preacher at the cathedral in Berlin in 1874. In 1880, he petitioned to take civil rights away from Jews. Stoecker also made antisemitic statements.