German People's Party (Poland)

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The German People's Party ( DVP ) was a short-lived party of the German minority in the Second Polish Republic from 1918 to 1919.

In December 1918, the DVP was established with a view to the forthcoming election of the Constituent Assembly . It saw itself as a unity party of the Germans in central Poland and represented positions of the middle class. The chairman was Adolf Eichler (1877–1945).

In the elections to the Constituent Assembly, the DVP won 51,527 votes and two seats. Were elected Josef Spickermann and Ludwig Wolff . On November 1, 1919, Wolff renounced his mandate and Oscar Friese took over . The party disbanded in late 1919.

After a by-election was held in May 1920 for Pomerania , which had been assigned to Poland , the two members of parliament joined forces with the six elected German members of the German Party and the ZAG from Pomerania to form the “German Association”. On January 22, 1922, Oscar Friese was expelled from this parliamentary group.

literature

  • Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945, Volume 1, 2nd Edition . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-3-4 , pp. 182 .