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German Democratic Party Deutsche Demokratische Partei | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 20 November 1918 |
| Dissolved | July 1930 |
| Preceded by | Progressive People's Party |
| Merged into | German State Party |
| Youth wing | Young Democrats |
| Paramilitary wing | Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold (1924–1930) |
| Ideology | Republicanism[1][2] Classical liberalism[3][1] Social liberalism[4][5] Progressivism[6] |
| Political position | Centre[7] to centre-left[6][8] |
| International affiliation | International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties |
| Colours | Black Red Gold (republican colors)[9] |
The German Democratic Party (Deutsche Demokratische Partei, DDP) was a liberal political party in the Weimar Republic, considered centrist[10] or centre-left.[11] Along with the right-liberal German People's Party (Deutsche Volkspartei, DVP), it represented political liberalism in Germany between 1918 and 1933. It was formed in 1918 from the Progressive People's Party and the liberal wing of the National Liberal Party, both of which had been active in the German Empire.
After the formation of the first German state to be constituted along pluralist-democratic lines, the DDP took part as a member of varying coalitions in almost all Weimar Republic cabinets from 1919 to 1932. Before the Reichstag elections of 1930, it united with the Volksnationale Reichsvereinigung, which was part of the national liberal Young German Order (Jungdeutscher Orden). From that point on the party called itself the German State Party (Deutsche Staatspartei, DStP) and retained the name even after the Reich Association left the party. Because of the connection to the Reich Association, members of the left wing of the DDP broke away from the party and toward the end of the Republic founded the Radical Democratic Party, which was unsuccessful in parliament. Others joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
After the National Socialists took power, the German State Party was dissolved on 28 June 1933 as part of the process of Gleichschaltung (coordination) by means of which the Nazis established totalitarian control over German society.
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- ^ a b Sartori, Giovanni (1976). Parties and Party Systems. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 156.
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- ^ Orlow, Dietrich (15 December 1986). Weimar Prussia, 1918–1925: The Unlikely Rock of Democracy. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-8229-7640-0.