Political parties in early weimar Flashcards
1
Q
Communist party supporters were……..
KPD
A
vast majority were working class
2
Q
Social Democratic party
SPD
A
mostly working classes
3
Q
German Democratic Party
DDP
A
Middle class e.g lawyers and writers
4
Q
Centre Party
Zentrum
A
Catholics but from all classes as southern G was mainly catholic
5
Q
People’s Party
DVP
A
Middle class mainly businessmen
6
Q
National peopl’e party
DNVP
A
middle and upper-classes some ex-soldiers
7
Q
National Socialist Workers’ Party
NSDAP or Nazis
A
unemployed, many ex-soldiers, some support from the middle and upper-classes who feared communism