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''This page is about the German People's Party which existed between 1918 and 1933 . For the party with same name, which existed between 1868 and 1910 , see German People's Party (1868) .'' The German People's Party (''Deutsche Volkspartei'', or DVP) was a liberal-nationalist party that was founded by the more right-wing elements of the old National Liberal Party in the early days of the Weimar Republic , led by Gustav Stresemann . The party was generally thought to represent the interests of the great German industrialists. Although the party was initially part of the right-wing opposition to the Weimar Coalition , Stresemann gradually led it into cooperation with the parties of the center and left. After Stresemann's death in 1929 , the DVP gradually moved back towards the right. The party's dispute with the Social Democrats in 1930 over unemployment benefits led to the break-up of the Grand Coalition government of Hermann Müller . In the election of June 1930 , the DVP was one of the biggest losers, losing most of its parliamentary support. The People's party was ultimately abolished after the Nazi take-over in 1933 . Former elements of the DVP were involved in the creation of the Free Democratic Party after the Second World War. SEE ALSO
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