The German Social Party (, DtSP) was an

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and Völkisch political party in

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and the

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during the

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History

The party was established on 23 February 1921 by Richard Kunze in order to compete with the

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. Based in

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, by 1925 it had a membership of around 34,000;Martin Schuster (2005
Die SA in der nationalsozialistischen «Machtergreifung» in Berlin und Brandenburg 1926–1934
Technische Universität Berlin, pp18–20. 3,000 in Berlin, 5,000 in

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, 2,400 in

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, 2,300 in Posen-West Prussia and 5,000 in Danzig.

Germany

The party contested the Reichstag elections in Oppeln in 1922, a delayed part of the 1920 federal elections. It received 4.5% of the vote, failing to win a seat. In the May 1924 elections the party received 1.1% of the national vote, winning four seats. Kunze,

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, Hans Kurth and Friedrich Stock became the party's MPs, although Kurth and Stock defected to the

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later in the year. The December 1924 elections saw the party ally with the Reichsbund für Aufwertung; its vote share fell to 0.5% and it lost all parliamentary representation. In the

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the party's vote share fall to 0.2% as it remained seatless. The party was dissolved the following year, and Kunze joined the

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Free City of Danzig

The party ran in the 1923 elections, receiving 6% of the vote and winning seven seats in the 120-seat

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. The 1927 elections saw the party's vote share fall to 1.2%, with it winning only one seat.Die Freie Stadt Danzig: Wahlen 1919–1935
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References

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