Well....first, you can equate the NSFP group to the National Socialist Freedom Movement (translating into German as the Nationalsozialistische Freiheitsbewegung) or NSFB.
So after the great beer-hall attempted coup in late 1923 in Munich, with Adolph Hitler and his Nazi group.....things got toss around and the Nazi apparatus got branded as a national 'problem'. Hitler went off to prison for a short while.
The Nazis rebranded themselves into the National Socialist Freedom Party in April of 1924.
Chief reason? A national election (on the four-year cycle) was to occur in May 1924.
Outcome in May's election for the NSFP folks? Around 6.5-percent of the nation voted for them (near 2-million votes).
This election, more or less, crapped-out (coalition-building issues), and another election was required by December 1924. For the NSFP, this was a demoralizing mess....getting roughly 900,000 votes (3-percent of the national vote). It was the last time that NSFP would exist in terms of a national party. Hitler would emerge out of prison....NSFP would rebrand itself....back to the Nazi Party.
Four years would pass, and even in 1928's national election....the Nazis were still not able to attract voters (barely getting 810,000 voters.....even fewer voters than in 1924).
If you brought up NAFP today? It's mostly an unknown part of history, and most Germans would express surprise that the Nazis rebranded themselves.....and rebranded back....to get even fewer votes.
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