German People's Union (Timeline 1918)

German People's Union ( Deutsches Volksbund )- socialist federal republic, located in the former Third Reich. Appeared in 1930. Ruled by Popular Front, a coalition of several left parties

Emergence
In 1930, the new German Empire (Third Reich) was in deep crisis. The monarch, Ernst-August 3rd, in fact, had no power, the army clashed with civil society, the economic crisis is rapidly destroying the German economy, and burst into power USDPD and the DAP, eager to establish socialist republic in Germany. Finally, in May 1930 the two parties jointly organized almost bloodless seizure of power, almost without resistance. In place of the New German Empire was proclaimed the German People's Union.

DAP and USDPD formed the Popular Front, which formed a new government in Germany. Leader of USDPD, Ernst Thalmann, became president of the German Union, and the head of the DAP, Otto Strasser, became chancellor.