What is Deutsche Reichspartei?
The '''Deutsche Reichspartei''' (DRP) (''German [[Reich]] Party'', ''German Imperial Party'' or ''German Empire Party'') was a [[nationalist]] [[political party]] in [[West Germany]]. It was a merger of the [[Deutsche Konservative Partei – Deutsche Rechtspartei|German Conservative Party - Deutsche Right Party (DKP-DRP)]] and the old [[Hesse|Hessian]] [[Nationaldemokratische Partei (historisch)|Nationaldemokratischen Partei]] (NDP). Some of the DRP's founders were: [[Alexander Andrae]], [[Oskar Lutz]], [[Hans Bernd von Grünberg]], [[Wilhelm Meinberg]], [[Otto Heß]], [[Hans Schikora]], [[Heinrich Kunstmann]], [[Adolf von Thadden]]. In [[1949]] the [[Sozialistische Reichspartei]] (SRP) split from the DRP. This was because the Empire Party was not [[neo-Nazi]], and did not want to be associated with [[Adolf Hitler]]. Instead the party preferred to say how good the Second [[German Empire]] ([[1870]]-[[1919]]) was. The Deutsche Reichspartei did become more [[Neo-Nazism|national socialist]] after [[1952]]. This is when the Sozialistische Reichspartei was banned by the [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]] and a lot of its members re-joined the Empire Party. The party was not very successful in the 1950s, but seemed to be getting more popular after the state elections of [[1959]]. But the success did not last, and the party held its final conference in [[1964]] when it was dissolved. It was quickly replaced by the new [[National Democratic Party of Germany|Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands]]. == Other websites == * [https://archive.org/details/GermanysNewNazis ''Germany's New Nazis'' 1951 pamphlet about the DRP and other neo--nazi groups] [[Category:Former political parties in Germany]] [[Category:Neo-Nazism]] [[Category:West Germany]] [[Category:1964 disestablishments]]