German National People's Party facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
German National People's Party
Deutschnationale Volkspartei
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Other name | German National Front (May–June 1933) |
Abbreviation | DNVP |
Chairman |
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Oskar Hergt (1918–1924)
Johann Friedrich Winckler (1924–1926) Kuno Graf von Westarp (1926–1928) Alfred Hugenberg (1928–1933) |
Founded | 24 November 1918 |
Dissolved | 27 June 1933 |
Merger of | • German Fatherland Party • German Social Party • German Völkisch Party • German Conservative Party • Free Conservative Party • Christian Social Party • National Liberal Party (far-right faction) |
Succeeded by | Pre-war: Single-party system of the NSDAP Post-war: Deutsche Rechtspartei (DKP-DRP) |
Newspaper | Supported by the Hugenberg Group |
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 Social conservatism Military rearmament Right-wing populism Volksgemeinschaft Authoritarian conservatism Reactionary monarchism Anti-Treaty of Versailles Anti-communism Antisemitism |
Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
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) |
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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. |
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.
Chairman
- 1918 to 1924 Oskar Hergt (1869-1967)
- 1924 to 1928 Kuno Graf von Westarp (1864-1945)
- 1928 to 1933 Alfred Hugenberg (1865-1951)
Images for kids
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A DNVP poster from 1920 showing a Teutonic knight being attacked by Poles and socialists as the caption reads "Save the East"
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In 1924, the DNVP made a major push to have Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz as Chancellor, sparking widespread international condemnation
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Kuno von Westarp (second from the left) together with Hohenzollern princes at the DNVP convention, 1924
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The DNVP campaigns for Paul von Hindenburg in the 1925 election
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Franz Seldte (right) with Alfred Hugenberg and Major Franz von Stephani at a rally against the Young Plan, Berlin Sportpalast, 1929
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Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau, whose advice to President Hindenburg to appoint Adolf Hitler Chancellor in January 1933 played an important role in bringing Hitler to power
See also
In Spanish: Partido Nacional del Pueblo Alemán para niños