Fatherland Party (Germany)

Fatherland Party (Germany)
German Fatherland Party
Deutsche Vaterlandspartei
Founded September 2, 1917
Dissolved December 10, 1918
Succeeded by None (de jure)
DNVP and DAP (de facto)
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Ideology German nationalism
Monarchism
Militarism
Volksgemeinschaft
Political position far-right

German Fatherland Party (German: Deutsche Vaterlandspartei) was a pro-war party in the German Empire.

The party was founded close to the end of 1917 and represented political circles supporting the war. Among founding members were Wolfgang Kapp (of the Kapp Putsch fame) and Alfred von Tirpitz (naval minister and post-war party leader). Walter Nicolai, head of the military secret service, was also supportive[1]. Peak of its political influence was summer 1918 when it had around 1,250,000 members. Main source of the funding was the Third Supreme Command. The party was dissolved after German Revolution (December 10, 1918). Known in German as the "Vaterlandspartei."

One member, Anton Drexler, went on to form a similar organization, the German Workers Party, which later became the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) which came to power in 1933 under Adolf Hitler.

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Notes & Bibliography

  1. ^ on Nicolai, see Höhne and Zolling, p 290

  • Höhne, Heinz, and Zolling, Hermann (1972). The General Was a Spy. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, New York.  (Published in Germany as Pullach Intern, 1971, Hoffman and Campe Verlag, Hamburg)

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