German National People's Party

The German National People's Party (DNVP, from German Deutschnationale Volkspartei) was a German political party of conservative nationalist ideology that existed during the Weimar Republic (from 1918 to 1933). an alliance of nationalist, reactionary royalists, völkisch and anti-Semitic elements, and was supported by the Alldeutscher Verband.

The party was supported by the Stahlhelm, or Steel Helmets, a paramilitary militia.

Poses

This right-wing party opposed the Treaty of Versailles and the constitution of the Weimar Republic. It supported the restoration of the monarchy, the legend of the stab in the back, and the Kapp coup. The party voted for the presidency of Paul von Hindenburg and against the Young Plan. Parts of the party voted in favor of the Dawes Plan. He was critical of the power of the unions.

History

Founded in November 1918 with the support of industrial magnates, such as Hugo Stinnes, and with members of the German Conservative Party, it also integrated former members of other right-wing parties. In the context of the dissolution of the German Empire and the November Revolution, the party emerged as a union of several small right-wing parties, most of which harbored widespread fears that German society was on the brink of destruction.

Led by wealthy newspaper magnate Alfred Hugenberg, the DNVP won 66 seats in the Reichstag in the 1920 general election,^{[citation needed ]} increasing to 103 in December 1924 (the second most voted party).

Of a nationalist and conservative ideology, he remained in opposition to the Weimar Coalition and campaigned against the Locarno Treaty and the Young Plan. It was the party located furthest to the right of the political spectrum before the rise of the Nazi party (NSDAP) of Adolf Hitler. The electoral rise of this party reduced votes and influence, in the last federal elections before the rise of Adolf Hitler, the DNVP only obtained 52 seats.

When Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January 1933, he invited the DNVP to join his coalition government and appointed Hugenberg Minister of Agriculture and the Economy.

On March 23, 1933, all DNVP members in the Reichstag voted in favor of the Full Powers Act, which gave Hitler's government dictatorial powers.

By June of that same year, the Party's role in Hitler's government had been minimized, the DNVP was then dissolved (on June 27, 1933), and its members integrated into the Nazi Party or expelled.

Leaders

• Oskar Hergt (1918–1924)
• Johann Friedrich Winckler (1924–1926)
• Kuno Graf von Westarp (1926–1928)
• Alfred Hugenberg (1928–1933)

Election results

Elections	# Of vows	% of votes	Scalls	Variation	Notes
1919	3.121.479	10.27%	44/423
1920	4.249.100	15.07%	71/459	27
1924 (May)	5.696.475	19.45%	95/472	24
1924 (Dic)	6.205.802	20.49%	103/493	8
1928	4.381.563	14.25 per cent	73/491	30
1930	2.457.686	7.03%	41/577	32
1932 (July)	2.178.024	5.91%	37/608	4
1932 (Nov)	2.959.053	8.34%	52/584	15
1933	3.136.760	7.97 per cent	52/647	=	In coalition with the "Stahlhelm" and the Farmer League.