The
German People's Party (
Deutsche Volkspartei, or DVP) was founded by the more right-wing elements of the old
National Liberal Party[?] in the early days of the
Weimar Republic, led by
Gustav Stresemann. The party was generally thought to represent the interests of the great German industrialists. Although the party was initially part of the right-wing opposition to the
Weimar Coalition[?], Stresemann gradually led it into cooperation with the parties of the center and left. Following Stresemann's death in
1929, the DVP gradually moved back towards the right. The party's dispute with the
Social Democrats in 1930 over unemployment benefits led to the break-up of the Grand Coalition government of
Hermann Müller[?]. In the election of
June 1930, the DVP was one of the biggest losers, losing most of its parliamentary support. The People's party was ultimately abolished after the Nazi take-over in
1933.
Former elements of the DVP were involved in the creation of the Free Democratic Party after the Second World War.
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