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1 Weimar Political Parties

• Bayerische Volkspartei (BVP) — Bavarian People's Party, a Catholic and conservative party

• Christlich-soziale Partei — The Christian Social Party was founded by Stoecher in 1878. It sought to lead the lower social classes away from Marxian socialism and toward a conservative-Christian authoritarian state. It had an anti-semitic message which had more success amongst the middle class.

• Christian National Peasants' and Rural Peoples Party (splinter party)

• Deutsche anti-semitische Vereinigung — German Anti-Semetic League (splinter party)

• Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (DAP) — The German Workers' Party was formed in 1919, by Anton Dexler with Gottfried Feder, Dietrich Eckart and Karl Harrer. This party added the adjective "National Socialist" in its name and became the "National Socialist German Workers' Party".

• German Conservative Party renamed itself the German National People's Party (DNVP), a nationalist party.

• Deutsche Demokratische Partei (DDP) — German Democratic Party. A left-wing social-liberal party. Their party newspapers were the Vossische Zeitung and the Volkswacht.

• Deutsche Partei (DP) —

• Deutsche Rechtspartei (DRP) — a splinter party.

• Deutsche Reformpartei —, a splinter party.

• Deutsche Reichspartei (DRP) —

• Deutschvölkische Freiheitspartei (DVFP) — German Ethnic Freedom Party; This was the party of General Ludendorff. It campaigned for an authoritarian regime that would be very nationalistic and promoting socioeconomic questions. It also sought to close the stock exchanges and nationalize the banks. In May 1924, it obtained 6.4 percent to the vote but fell to 3 percent in the next election. This caused it to later merge with the Nazi Party (NDSAP).

• Deutsche Volkspartei (DVP) — German People's Party. It was a right-wing liberal party. Gustav Stresemann was its chairman.

• Deutschnationale Volkspartei (DNVP) — German National People's Party It presented itself as a Volksgemeinschaft or non-class party. It included remnants from the German Conservative Party, the Free Conservative Party, the Völkische movement, the Christian Social movement and the Pan-German Association and some National Liberals. It established two labor unions; one for the blue collar worker (the DNAB) and one for the white-collar worker (DNAgB), which had been politically unimportant.

• • Organized the National Opposition in 1929, together with leaders of the Stahlhelm, Dr. Schacht, the president of the central bank and Hitler's Nazi Party, to oppose Chancellor Hermann Müller?s Grand Coalition.

• Deutscher Volksverein — The German People's League was started in 1881 by Max Liebermann von Sonnenberg , a former officer, and Bernhard Förster , Nietzsche's bother in law.

• Deutsches Landvolk. Cover name for the Christian National Peasant/Rural Party in the 1930 Reichstag elections.

• Deutschsozialistische Partei (DSP) — The so-called "German-Socialist" Party. It was headed by Julius Streicher, and it was also highly organized, despite having a rather small size. In a controversial move, it dissolved itself in 1922 and many of its members entered the (then very young) Nazi Party.

• The German State Party (DStP) — Formed in 1930 by the DDP, the People's National Reich Association and remains of the Christian Trade Unionists. It was composed of the DVP and DDP. In 1930, it published a "Manifesto of the German State Party".

• Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) — Formed out of a number of left-wing groups, including the left wing of the USPD and the Spartakusbund. It was a Marxist- Leninist party that advocated revolution by the proletariat and the creation of a socialist economic system, to be followed by a communist one. The party's major paper was the Die Rote Fahne (The Red Flag).

• Mehrheitssozialdemokratische Partei (MSPD)The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands is the second oldest political party of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. Rooted i — Majority Social Democrats (later (and before 1918) the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands - Social Democratic Party (SPD)); they supported the parliamentary system of democracy, and extensive social programs in the economy.

• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) — (National Socialist German Workers' Party or the Nazi Party) It advocated Volksgemeinschaft, a unity of all classes, following the corporatistThe term corporatism has different meanings in different contexts. Most notably, the historical usage of the term is not the same as its modern usage. This article deals with both types of "corporatism". Historical meaning of the term Historically, corpor fascist model.

• Soziale Reichspartei — Social Reich Party

• Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (USPD)1919 The Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany Unabhangige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands or USPD was a short-lived political party in Germany during the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. The history of the USPD began on December 21 —, "Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany" - left wing faction that split from the SPD. It was a MarxistMarxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. Marx drew on Hegel's philosophy, the political economy of Adam Smith, R party that sought change through parliament and social progressive programs. Its party newspaper was the Vorwärts.

• Volksnationale Reichsvereinigung (People's National Reich Association.)

• Wirtschaftspartei. (Economic Party.)

• Zentrumspartei — Center Party was the traditional Catholic party. Their party newspaper was the Germania.