There was a Nazi party. It was the NSDAP. The FPÖ started after the war. That was 70 years ago. A magazine found new facts. The magazine is called Spiegel.
Spiegel checked an old list. The list shows all Nazi members. The first leaders of the FPÖ were Nazis. All of them were in the Nazi party. People did not know this before.
The FPÖ wrote a report in 2019. It is about the party history. Experts say: The report has big holes. Many names are missing. Some names are in the report but wrong.
Franz Rainer is an example. He led the first group. He joined the Nazis early. Alexander Götz was also a Nazi early. He led the party in the Steiermark region.
Wilma Jobst was also a Nazi member. She led the women group of the party. Her name is missing in the party report. The new data comes from an archive in the USA.
