Arthur Moeller van den Bruck
In 1923, when Germany was in the throes of revolution, Moeller van den Bruck envisioned a Germany that was radical, traditional and nationalistic. Angered by the harsh conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, and frustrated by the reforms of the Weimar Republic, he examined all of the major political doctrines of his day and found them wanting. Instead, he called for a return to empire – an empire of all German-speaking peoples, with a social hierarchy based upon communal values and German traditions.
An advocate of German nationalism, Moeller van den Bruck (1876-1925) was primarily a man of letters who authored an eight-volume history of great figures from German history. He served as a soldier in the First World War, and later as a press officer in the Foreign Ministry. After the war, he was involved in nationalist politics, becoming a co-founder of the Juniklub (June Club), one of the centers of the so-called Conservative Revolution.