german national people's party

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Definition of german national people's party in English English dictionary

(DNVP) (1919-33) Radical right-wing political party active in the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. Hostile to the republic, it supported the restoration of the monarchy and a united Germany. During a controversy (1929-30) over paying war reparations to the Allies, the party, led by Alfred Hugenberg, allied with the Nazi Party in favor of stopping payments. In 1933 it joined a coalition that supported Adolf Hitler as chancellor and passed the Enabling Act; along with all German political parties except the Nazis, the party was dissolved three months later

Related Terms

German People's Party

Right-liberal political party founded by Gustav Stresemann in 1918, made up largely of the educated and propertied. Since Stresemann was essentially a monarchist, when he decided to cooperate with the Weimar Republic the DVP was at first excluded as being among the "national opposition." When Stresemann became chancellor in 1923, the DVP was part of the "Great Coalition," composed of representatives of the Social Democrats, the Center, and the German Democrats. It dwindled 1927, and large sections of it went over to the extreme right

Hyphenation

ger·man Na·tion·al people's par·ty

Turkish pronunciation

cırmın näşnıl pipılz pärti

Pronunciation

/ˈʤərmən ˈnasʜnəl ˈpēpəlz ˈpärtē/ /ˈʤɜrmən ˈnæʃnəl ˈpiːpəlz ˈpɑːrtiː/