German Peace Union

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German Peace Union
Deutsche Friedens-Union
Founded17 December 1960;64 years ago (1960-12-17) [1]
Dissolved1989 [2]
Merger of BdD, Dt. Klub, KPD, SDS (factions), DFG, [3] DDU, NPD
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)
Colours  Purple (customary)

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]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kommunistische Tätigkeit in der Bundesrepublik im Jahre 1964" (PDF). Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte  [ de ] (in German). B 11 (65): 31. 18 August 1965.
  2. 1 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. ISBN   978-94-010-2079-4.
  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. ISBN   978-3-322-86400-0.

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