German Peace Union

German Peace Union Deutsche Friedens-Union
Founded	17 December 1960;64 years ago (1960-12-17) [1]
Dissolved	1989 [2]
Merger of	DDU, BdD, KPD, SDS (factions), DFG [3]
Ideology	Anti-Western integration  [ de ] Pacifism Neutrality Factions [4] [5] Communism Socialism Conservatism German nationalism
Political position	Majority: Left-wing [6] to far-left [7] Factions: Big tent
National affiliation	Campaign for Democratic Progress  [ de ] (1969)
Politics of Germany Political parties Elections

German Peace Union (German : Deutsche Friedens-Union, or DFU) was the name of a pacifist party in the Federal Republic of Germany. It was heavily controlled by former members of the Communist Party of Germany ^[1] and was funded by East Germany until its dissolution. ^[8] Since the late 1960s, the DFU was controlled by the new German Communist Party (DKP) ^[9] and it stopped participating in elections. ^[2]

Attempts of a coalition with the Action Group of Independent Germans for the 1965 and 1969 elections went unsuccessfully. ^[10]

See also

• Pacifist Socialist Party

References

1. "Kommunistische Tätigkeit in der Bundesrepublik im Jahre 1964" (PDF). Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte  [ de ] (in German). B 11 (65): 31. 18 August 1965.
2. "Deutsche Friedens-Union". wissen.de  [ de ] (in German).
3. Amos 2015, p. 226.
4. Amos 2015, pp. 226f.
5. Rowold, Manfred (1980). Vom Nationalismus zum Umweltschutz: Die Deutsche Gemeinschaft/Aktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher im Parteiensystem der Bundesrepublik. Opladen: Springer-Verlag. p. 184.
6. Fisher, Stephen L. (1974). The Minor Parties of the Federal Republic of Germany: Toward a Comparative Theory of Minor Parties. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. p. 109.
7. "Rot und Rosa". Der Spiegel (in German). 22 August 1961.
8. Amos 2015, p. 228.
9. Amos 2015, p. 232.
10. Rowold, Manfred (1980). Vom Nationalismus zum Umweltschutz: Die Deutsche Gemeinschaft/Aktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher im Parteiensystem der Bundesrepublik. Opladen: Springer-Verlag. pp. 199f., 202, 219f.

Further reading

• Amos, Heike (2015). Die SED-Deutschlandpolitik 1961 bis 1989 (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN   978-3-647-30077-1.