German Völkisch Freedom Party
독일민족자유당
An early far-right political party of Weimar Germany that took its name from the Völkisch movement, a right-wing populist and antisemitic movement. It was founded on 16 December 1922, when Wilhelm Henning, Reinhold Wulle and Albrecht von Graefe broke from the German National People’s Party (DNVP).
In depth
Anti-communist, its criticism of capitalism reflected economic antisemitism rather than socialism. After the Nazi Party was banned in the wake of the Beer Hall Putsch, the DVFP entered into an electoral alliance with many Nazis to form the National Socialist Freedom Movement in early 1924, a move endorsed by Erich Ludendorff. Plans for a full merger fell through in August 1924, and Graefe and Wulle re-formed the party as the German Völkisch Freedom Movement, a rival to the Nazi Party, in February 1925. Many members, such as Wilhelm Kube, later moved to the Nazi Party; the revived party was banned along with other non-Nazi parties in 1933.