German People’s Union

political party, Germany

Also known as: DVU, Deutsche Volksunion

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The German People's Union (DVU) is a political party in Germany. Fringe political parties, including the DVU, have had some success at local and state levels but have not gained representation in the national parliament, the Bundestag. The DVU is identified with neo-Nazism and has faced accusations of anti-Semitism. Efforts to ban the party have been renewed in the early 21st century. The party's founders included former supporters of the Nazis.12

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Germany
Fringe parties
…rightist Republican Party and the DVU were the most visible of Germany’s fringe parties. With their tiny memberships, neither of these parties has been able to surmount the 5 percent barrier in national elections. The National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands; NPD), the oldest of the country’s right-wing…
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…rightist Republican Party and the DVU were the most visible of Germany’s fringe parties. With their tiny memberships, neither of these parties has been able to surmount the 5 percent barrier in national elections. The National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands; NPD), the oldest of the country’s right-wing…
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Germany
Helmut Kohl and the struggles of reunification
Moreover, the neofascist German People’s Union (Deutsche Volksunion), led by millionaire publisher Gerhard Frey, garnered significant support among eastern Germany’s mass of unemployed workers. In addition to the resentment and disillusionment over unification that many easterners and some westerners felt, there was also the problem of coming to…
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Moreover, the neofascist German People’s Union (Deutsche Volksunion), led by millionaire publisher Gerhard Frey, garnered significant support among eastern Germany’s mass of unemployed workers. In addition to the resentment and disillusionment over unification that many easterners and some westerners felt, there was also the problem of coming to…
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