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German National People's Party
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The German National People's Party (German: Deutschnationale Volkspartei and short: DNVP) was national-conservative party of the time of the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. This party was founded in 1918, after World War I. In June 1933, the DNVP merged with the NSDAP.
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German National People's Party Deutschnationale Volkspartei | |
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Other name | German National Front (May–June 1933)[1] |
Abbreviation | DNVP |
Chairman | List
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Founded | 24 November 1918 |
Dissolved | 27 June 1933[2] |
Merger of | • German Fatherland Party • German Social Party[3] • German Völkisch Party[4] • German Conservative Party • Free Conservative Party • Christian Social Party[4] • National Liberal Party (far-right faction) |
Succeeded by | Pre-war: Single-party system of the NSDAP Post-war: Deutsche Rechtspartei (DKP-DRP)[5][6] |
Newspaper | Supported by the Hugenberg Group[7] |
Youth wing | Bismarckjugend |
Paramilitary wings | • Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten • Kampfstaffeln |
Policy institute | Pan-German League |
Women’s wing | Queen Louise League (unofficial) |
Trade unions | • Deutschnational Arbeiterbund • Deutschnationaler Angestelltenbund |
Membership | 950,000 (c. 1923) |
Ideology | Pan-Germanism German nationalism National conservatism[8] Social conservatism Military rearmament Right-wing populism[9][10] Volksgemeinschaft Authoritarian conservatism[11] Reactionary monarchism[12][13][14] Anti-Treaty of Versailles Anti-communism Antisemitism[15] |
Political position | Right-wing[16][17] to far-righta[›][18][19] |
Political alliance | • Opposition to the Young Plan (1929) • Harzburg Front (1931) |
Electoral alliance | Black-White-Red Struggle Front (1933) |
Colours | Black, white and red (official, German Imperial colours) Light blue (customary) |
Seats in the Reichstag (1924) | 103 / 493 |
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^ a: The German National People's Party (DNVP) was divided between reactionary conservative monarchists and more radical völkisch and anti-semitic elements. |
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