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. one of them, deputy gustav peters, resigned from his seat on november 5, 1938. on november 7, 1938 the remaining five deputies formed the club of german national socialist deputies as their new parliamentary faction. the club was chaired by kundt. the four other members were karmasin (of slovakia), robert mayr-harting, hans lokscha and stanislav králíček. on the same day the four senators formed the club of german national socialist senators, chaired by dr. karl hilgenreiner. the three other senators were kurt brass, sigmund keil and emil schrammel.