National Bolshevism is a political ideology that tries to unite elements of Fascism with Bolshevism.
History
Origins
This ideology originated in Germany and was originally a a current of the Communist Party of Germany and the Communist Workers' Party of Germany, a communist group that wanted to unite all German communists to make them fight against German nationalists who rejected the Treaty of Versailles. The most important exponents of this ideology in that time were Heinrich Laufenberg and Fritz Wolffheim.
Role in Fascism
During the 1920s, a lot of non-Nazi fascist movements were National Bolshevik and became very pupular in the world of German intellectuals of that time with Ernst Niekisch of the Old Social Democratic Party of Germany being its most important exponent. National Bolshevik tendencies were present even in the Nazi Party, but to a lesser degree.