The Democratic Bloc of Parties and Mass Organisations (German: Demokratischer Block der Parteien und Massenorganisationen) was a national popular front of political parties and organizations in Soviet-occupied East Germany and the first years of the German Democratic Republic.
Democratic Bloc of Parties and Mass Organizations Demokratischer Block der Parteien und Massenorganisationen | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Wilhelm Pieck Otto Grotewohl |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Dissolved | 1950 |
| Succeeded by | National Front |
| Headquarters | East Berlin, German Democratic Republic |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
History
editIn parallel with the working staff of the CPSU European Advisory Commission commissioned in early 1944 to develop the exiled Communist Germany own political concept.[1] A first draft was on 6 March 1944 on a working session of the exiled Communist Party presented by Wilhelm Florin.[2] The guidelines developed by the Soviet concept of the future Communist Party saw as a government. After the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht on 8 May 1945 and the Berlin Declaration of the Commander in Chief of the four victorious powers of 5 June 1945 all political activity was prohibited in all zones of occupation. After consultation by Anton Ackermann, and Walter Ulbricht Gustav Sobottka on 4 June 1945 in Moscow allowed the Order № 2[3] of 10 of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany in June 1945, the formation and activity of anti-fascist parties[4] in the Soviet Occupation Zone. With its call of 11 June 1945, the Communist Party came to Berlin as first advertised to the public and for cooperation:
The Central Committee of Communist Party of Germany is in the opinion that the above program can be used as a basis for the creation of a bloc of anti-fascist democratic parties (the Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and others) are used. We believe that such a block can form the solid foundation in the fight for the complete liquidation of the remnants of the Hitler regime and for the establishment of a democratic regime.
In addition to the block at the zone level corresponding blocks were set up at the country level. In Brandenburg, the existing three members from the four-party anti-fascist came together to comprise the democratic unit block of Brandenburg on 28 November 1945.[5] In Thuringia, the antifascist-democratic bloc of Thuringia was formed on 17 August 1945.[6] In Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt was founded on 29 August 1945.[7]
In 1950 it was succeeded by the National Front.
Electoral history
editDeutscher Volkskongress elections
edit| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 7,943,949 | 66.07% | 1,525 / 1,525
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 1525
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1st
|
Sole legal coalition |
References
edit- ^ Hinter den Kulissen des Nationalkomitees: Das Institut 99 in Moskau und die Deutschlandpolitik der UdSSR 1943–1946
- ^ Die Lage und die Aufgaben in Deutschland bis zum Sturz Hitlers", vorgetragen am 6. März 1944 auf der Arbeitssitzung der Exil-KPD; Peter Erler, Horst Laude, Manfred Wilke, Peter Erler: „Nach Hitler kommen wir": Dokumente zur Programmatik der Moskauer KPD-Führung 1944/45 für Nachkriegsdeutschland, Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-050-02554-9, S. 153
- ^ "Befehl Nr. 2 des Obersten Chefs der Sowjetischen Militärischen Administration". Archived from the original on 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
- ^ Wortlaut des Befehls Nr. 2 der SMAD
- ^ SBZ-Handbuch, Seite 88 ff.
- ^ SBZ-Handbuch, Seite 176 ff. und Seite 618
- ^ SBZ-Handbuch, Seite 618