German Peace Union

German Peace Union Deutsche Friedens-Union
Founded	17 December 1960; 65 years ago (1960-12-17)[1]
Dissolved	1989[2]
Merger of	BdD, Dt. Klub, KPD, SDS (factions), DFG,[3] DDU, NPD
Ideology	Anti-Western integration [de] Pacifism Neutrality Factions[4][5] Communism Socialism Conservatism German nationalism
Political position	Majority: Left-wing[6] to far-left[7] Factions: Big tent
National affiliation	Campaign for Democratic Progress [de] (1969)
Colours	Purple (customary)
Politics of Germany Political parties Elections

German Peace Union (German: Deutsche Friedens-Union, or DFU) was the name of a pacifist party in the Federal Republic of Germany. It was heavily controlled by former members of the Communist Party of Germany^[1] and was funded by East Germany until its dissolution.^[8] Since the late 1960s, the DFU was controlled by the new German Communist Party (DKP)^[9] and it stopped participating in elections.^[2]

Attempts of a coalition with the Action Group of Independent Germans for the 1965 and 1969 elections went unsuccessfully.^[10]

See also

• Pacifist Socialist Party

References

1. "Kommunistische Tätigkeit in der Bundesrepublik im Jahre 1964" (PDF). Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte [de] (in German). B 11 (65): 31. 18 August 1965.
2. "Deutsche Friedens-Union". wissen.de [de] (in German).
3. Amos 2015, p. 226.
4. Amos 2015, pp. 226f.
5. Rowold, Manfred (1980). Vom Nationalismus zum Umweltschutz: Die Deutsche Gemeinschaft/Aktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher im Parteiensystem der Bundesrepublik. Opladen: Springer-Verlag. p. 184.
6. Fisher, Stephen L. (1974). The Minor Parties of the Federal Republic of Germany: Toward a Comparative Theory of Minor Parties. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. p. 109. ISBN 978-94-010-2079-4.
7. "Rot und Rosa". Der Spiegel (in German). 22 August 1961.
8. Amos 2015, p. 228.
9. Amos 2015, p. 232.
10. Rowold, Manfred (1980). Vom Nationalismus zum Umweltschutz: Die Deutsche Gemeinschaft/Aktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher im Parteiensystem der Bundesrepublik. Opladen: Springer-Verlag. pp. 199f., 202, 219f. ISBN 978-3-322-86400-0.

Further reading

• Amos, Heike (2015). Die SED-Deutschlandpolitik 1961 bis 1989 (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 978-3-647-30077-1.