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Political Parties in Post WW1 Germany (DVP (Main focuses (Education, Lower…
Political Parties in Post WW1 Germany
NSDAP
Extreme right-wing party
Leader: Adolf Hitler
Ideologies
Social Darwinism: Aryan Race
Fuhrer: A strong single leader
Lebensraum: Living Space, Germany's Expansion
A Strong Germany: Treaty of Versailles abolished
Autarky: Economically self sufficient
Germany was in danger: Jews and Communists need to be destroyed
Founded in 1919
Originally called the German Workers Party
Achievement: Built a motorway, first of its kind, copied by the US.
DNVP
Right Wing Party
Formed from old conservative parties
They had two main interests
Heavy Industry
Agriculture
They were racist and anti-semtic
They agreed with the monarchy
Didn't like Republicans
DVP
It was not an extremist party
Had a more liberal approach
Centre Right Party
Leader was Streseman
When Streseman died, they tried to change the party to be right winged
But this postion was already taken by the NSDAP
So they lost a lot of their support
Founded in 1918
Interests were in German Industries
Germans People Party
Wanted the Treaty of Versailles to be reduced not abolished
Main focuses
Education
Lower Tariffs
Opposition to Marxism
ZP
It was a centre party
Committed to protecting the rights of Catholics
Thus, largest number of supported were catholic
Primary Influence during the German Empire
It was part of every Weimar Government
Leaders served as chancellors for nine administrations and were included in each of the 21 cabinets that ruled during the 14 years of republic
KPD
Loyal to the USSR and Stalin
It had a lot of members join from the USPD in 1920
Ideology
Create a Welfare State
Marxist Lenninism
In elections got between 9% and 17% of the vote
Communist Party of Germany
It was against democracy
Supported a republic based on the Rule of Workers Council
Policies: Replace the armies with local workers through existentialist nationalised industries and land
SPD
Its leaders were Friedrich Ebert and Philipp Scheidmann
It was the Party of the Working Class and Trade Unions
Strongly supported Parliamentary Democracy
Opposed to revolutionary demands of left wing spartists
Originally Marxist Party formed in 1875 from two workers groups
In 1880 the SPD was suppressed and persecuted by Bismarks Anti-Socialist laws/
USPD
Leaders were Karl Kautsky and Hugo Haase
The USPD broke away from the SPD in April 1917
It included many of the more radical elements of German Socialism
They sought political and social change
Half of their members joined the KPD in 1919-20
The others. in 1922, went back to the ranks of the SPD
DDP
Its leaders were Walther Rathenau and Hugo Preuss
Formed from the National Liberals in the old Reichstag
It's got support from the professional middle class
Especially the intellectuals and some of the businessmen
The party supported the democratic republic
It was committed to constitutional reform
BVP
Leader was Heinrich Held
It was a regional party
Formed from elements of the ZP in 1919
It wanted to uphold Bavaria's local interests
It was a conservative party
Generally supported the republic