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The German Völkisch Freedom Party (or DVFP) was a right-wing
Right-wing politics

In politics, right-wing, rightist and the Right are terms applied to Conservatism and reactionary positions. Originally, during the French Revolution, right-wing referred to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the right supported the monarchy and aristocracy....
 and antisemitic political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 of Weimar Germany
Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
 founded in 1922 when Ernst Graf zu Reventlow
Ernst Graf zu Reventlow

Ernst, Count Reventlow was a Germany naval officer, journalist and Nazi politician....
 and Albrecht von Graefe broke from the German National People's Party (DNVP)
German National People's Party

The German National People's Party was a national conservatism party in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. The party was formed in 1918 by a merger of the German Conservative Party, the Free Conservative Party and a section of the National Liberal Party of the old monarchic German Empire....
. Völkisch refers to the Völkisch movement
Völkisch movement

The v?lkisch movement is the German interpretation of the Populism movement, with a Romanticism focus on folklore and the "organic". The term v?lkisch, meaning "ethnic", derives from the German word Volk , corresponding to "Ethnic Group", with connotations in German of "people-powered," "folksy," and "folkloric"....
, a populist movement focused on folklore and the German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 Volk. A political leader of the party was General Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a Imperial Germany Army Officer , victor of Battle of Li?ge, and, with Paul von Hindenburg, one of the victors of the battle of Battle of Tannenberg ....
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The party was founded on December 16 1922. Many members of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund joined the DVFP after the former was banned.






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The German Völkisch Freedom Party (or DVFP) was a right-wing
Right-wing politics

In politics, right-wing, rightist and the Right are terms applied to Conservatism and reactionary positions. Originally, during the French Revolution, right-wing referred to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the right supported the monarchy and aristocracy....
 and antisemitic political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 of Weimar Germany
Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
 founded in 1922 when Ernst Graf zu Reventlow
Ernst Graf zu Reventlow

Ernst, Count Reventlow was a Germany naval officer, journalist and Nazi politician....
 and Albrecht von Graefe broke from the German National People's Party (DNVP)
German National People's Party

The German National People's Party was a national conservatism party in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. The party was formed in 1918 by a merger of the German Conservative Party, the Free Conservative Party and a section of the National Liberal Party of the old monarchic German Empire....
. Völkisch refers to the Völkisch movement
Völkisch movement

The v?lkisch movement is the German interpretation of the Populism movement, with a Romanticism focus on folklore and the "organic". The term v?lkisch, meaning "ethnic", derives from the German word Volk , corresponding to "Ethnic Group", with connotations in German of "people-powered," "folksy," and "folkloric"....
, a populist movement focused on folklore and the German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 Volk. A political leader of the party was General Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a Imperial Germany Army Officer , victor of Battle of Li?ge, and, with Paul von Hindenburg, one of the victors of the battle of Battle of Tannenberg ....
.

The party was founded on December 16 1922. Many members of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund joined the DVFP after the former was banned. After the Nazi Party was banned in 1924, the DVFP merged with many Nazis to form the National Socialist Freedom Movement
National Socialist Freedom Movement

The National Socialist Freedom Movement or National Socialist Freedom Party was a Germany political party created in April 1924 in the aftermath of the Munich Putsch....
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