German National People’s Party

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conservative party far-right party nationalist party political party

The German National People’s Party was a nationalist and conservative political party in the Weimar Republic that championed monarchism, opposed democracy, and ultimately helped pave the way for Nazi dictatorship.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Deutschnationale Volkspartei 1
German National People's Party 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative party ⓘ
far-right party ⓘ
nationalist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
abbreviation DNVP ⓘ
bannedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi regime
collaboratedWith Nazi Party ⓘ
surface form: National Socialist German Workers’ Party
country Germany ⓘ
dissolved 1933 ⓘ
founded 1918 ⓘ
helpedPaveWayFor Nazi dictatorship ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War I Germany ⓘ
ideology German nationalism ⓘ
anti-democracy ⓘ
anti-republicanism ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
monarchism ⓘ
völkisch nationalism ⓘ
language German ⓘ
nativeLabel German National People’s Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Deutschnationale Volkspartei
notableLeader Alfred Hugenberg ⓘ
Kuno von Westarp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oskar Hergt NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember Alfred Hugenberg ⓘ
Hjalmar Schacht ⓘ
Karl Helfferich ⓘ
Martin Schiele ⓘ
operatedIn Weimar Republic ⓘ
opposed Weimar Republic ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
parliamentaryGroupIn Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag
participatedIn Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
surface form: Weimar Republic elections
position far-right ⓘ
right-wing ⓘ
predecessor Free Conservative Party ⓘ
German Conservative Party ⓘ
German Fatherland Party ⓘ
reasonForDissolution Gleichschaltung in 1933 ⓘ
represented conservative nationalist elites ⓘ
industrialists ⓘ
large landowners ⓘ
monarchist middle-class voters ⓘ
roleInHistory contributed to rise of Nazism ⓘ
undermined Weimar democracy ⓘ
supported authoritarian government ⓘ
restoration of the monarchy ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German federal election campaign of March 1933 → mainParty → German National People’s Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: German National People's Party
German National People’s Party → nativeLabel → German National People’s Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deutschnationale Volkspartei
Enabling Act of 1933 → supportedBy → German National People’s Party ⓘ