German People's Group in Czecho-Slovakia

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The German People's Group in Czecho-Slovakia (German : Deutsche Volksgruppe in der Tschecho-Slowakei, abbreviated DVG) was a German minority political party in the Second Czechoslovak Republic from 30 October 1938 to March 1939.

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Formation

The Sudeten German Party (SdP) was banned by the Czechoslovak government on 15 September 1938, in the midst of the Sudeten crisis. [1] In areas that had remained in Czechoslovakia after the German annexation of Sudetenland its followers re-grouped as DVG. [2] [3] [4] The party had a Nazi profile and represented German state interests towards Czechoslovakia. [3]

DVG was launched on 30 October 1938. [2] In Carpatho-Ukraine the movement worked under the name German People's Council (Deutsche Volksrat). [2] Ernst Kundt was the leader of the party and in-charge (Volksgruppeführer) in Bohemia and Moravia, [4] and Anton Ernst Oldofredi the leader of the German People's Council in Carpatho-Ukraine. [2]

Press

In Brno the party published Tagesboten, which was renamed as Volksdeutsche Zeitung in February 1939. [5] [6] [7] Volksdeutsche Zeitung was published from Prague and Brno. [2] [8] [9]

National Assembly

After the annexation of Sudetenland, six of the SdP/KdP members of the Chamber of Deputies and four of its senators had remained in Czechoslovakia. [2] One of them, deputy Gustav Peters, resigned from his seat on 5 November 1938. [2] On 7 November 1938, the remaining five deputies formed the Club of German National Socialist Deputies as their new parliamentary faction. [2] The club was chaired by Kundt. [2] [4] The four other members were Franz Karmasin (of Slovakia), Robert Mayr-Harting, Hans Lokscha and Stanislav Králíček. [2] On the same day the four senators formed the Club of German National Socialist Senators, chaired by Dr. Karl Hilgenreiner. [2] The three other Senators were Kurt Brass, Sigmund Keil and Emil Schrammel. [2]

In Carpatho-Ukraine

The German People's Council functioned as the Nazi unity party amongst the German minority in the Carpatho-Ukraine 1938–1939. [10] In the elections to the Soim (parliament of Carpatho-Ukraine) held on 12 February 1939, the party was able to get Oldofredi elected as its candidate on the unity list of Ukrainian National Union  [ uk ] (UNO). [10]

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