German State Party

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Political party in Germany

German State Party

Deutsche Staatspartei

Founded| July 1930; 94 years ago (July 1930)
Dissolved| 28 June 1933; 91 years ago (28 June 1933)
Merger of| German Democratic Party
Young German Order (original)[1]
Merged into| Free Democratic Party
(not legal successor)
Ideology| Liberalism
Corporatism
Nationalism
Political position| Centre to centre-right

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The German State Party (German: Deutsche Staatspartei or DStP) was a short-lived German political party of the Weimar Republic. The party was formed on 28 July 1930 by the merger of the German Democratic Party with the People's National Reich Association (the political wing of the Young German Order).[2]

## Background

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The merger of the social liberalism of the DDP with the nationalist corporatism of the Young German Order did not prove a successful one: the party lost seats drastically in the 1930 election from its showing in 1928, and the People's National Reich Association's Reichstag delegates soon seceded from the party, leaving it essentially the DDP under a new name.

## History

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The party continued to compete in parliamentary elections, with little success. By the November 1932 election, the party was reduced to two seats. After all requests to merge with other parties were turned down, it ran on a joint list with the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the March 1933 election. However, this saw little change in the party's fortunes; it only won five seats.

The party supported the Enabling Act of 1933 which gave Adolf Hitler of the Nazi Party dictatorial powers. Following the passage of the Enabling Act, the party was the target of severe harassment, as was the case with the other remaining parties. Pro-DStP civil servants defected to the Nazis out of fear for their jobs. Soon after the government banned the SPD, it stripped the State Party of its Reichstag seats, taking the line that since they ran on the SPD list, they were effectively SPD deputies. What remained of the party dissolved on 28 June.

## Election results

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Election  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–

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1930 | 1,322,034  | 3.78 (7th)  |

20 / 577

|  5
July 1932 | 371,800  | 1.01 (8th)  |

4 / 608

|  16
November 1932 | 336,447  | 0.95 (9th)  |

2 / 584

|  2
March 1933 | 334,242  | 0.85 (9th)  |

5 / 647

|  3

## See also

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* Liberalism
* Contributions to liberal theory
* Liberalism worldwide
* List of liberal parties
* Liberal democracy
* Liberalism in Germany

## References

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1. ^ Werner Stephan: Aufstieg und Verfall des Linksliberalismus 1918–1933. Die Geschichte der Deutschen Demokratischen Partei, S. 473f.
2. ^ Larry Eugene Jones (2020). The German Right, 1918–1930: Political Parties, Organized Interests, and Patriotic Associations in the Struggle against Weimar Democracy. Cambridge University Press. p. 564\. ISBN 978-1-108-49407-6.

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Political parties in Germany in the Weimar Republic (1918–1933)

Communist|

* Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
* Communist Workers Party of Germany (KAPD)
* Communist Party Opposition (KPO)

Socialist, Social Democratic and Democratic Socialist|

* Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
* Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)
* Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany (MSPD)
* Old Social Democratic Party of Germany (ASPD)
* Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAPD)

Agrarian|

* Bavarian Peasants' League (BB)
* Agricultural League
* Schleswig-Holstein Farmers and Farmworkers Democracy (SHBLD)
* Christian National Peasants' and Farmers' Party (CNBL)
* German Farmers' Party (DBP)

Catholic|

* Bavarian People's Party (BVP)
* Centre Party (Zentrum)
* Christian People's Party (CVP)

Liberal|

* German Democratic Party (DDP)
* German People's Party (DVP)
* German State Party (DStP)

Conservative|

* German National People's Party (DnVp)
* Economic Party (WP)
* People's Justice Party (VRP)
* Christian Social People's Service (CSVD)
* Conservative People's Party (KVP)
* German-Hanoverian Party (DHP)

Völkische and Nazi|

* German Workers' Party (DAP)
* German Social Party (DtSP)
* German Socialist Party (DSP)
* Greater German People's Community (GVG)
* National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
* German Völkisch Freedom Party (DVFP)
* National Socialist Freedom Movement (NSFB)
* Tannenberg Union (TB)

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