German Right Party

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The German Right Party (German: Deutsche Rechtspartei, DRP) was a far-right political party that emerged in the British zone of Allied-occupied Germany after the Second World War. Also known as the Deutsche Konservative Partei – Deutsche Rechtspartei (the party used both names, varying the name used between different states, but had no direct links to the pre-World War I German Conservative Party), the initially national-conservative and monarchist party formed in June 1946 through a merger of three smaller groups – the Deutsche Konservative Partei, the Deutsche Aufbaupartei of the Völkisch politician Reinhold Wulle, and the Deutsche Bauern- und Landvolk Partei. Its manifesto was in large parts authored by Hans Zehrer (1899–1966). Originally intended as a continuation of the Weimar-era German National People's Party (DNVP) of 1918–1933, the DRP soon attracted a number of former Nazis and its programme changed towards a more neo-Nazi stance, while many moderate members left to join the German...

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