National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany)

National-Democratic Party of Germany

National-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands
National-Democratic Party of Germany National-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands
Founded	25 May 1948
Dissolved	27 March 1990
Merged into	Free Democratic Party
Headquarters	East Berlin, East Germany
Newspaper	See list National-Zeitung (federal); Norddeutsche Neueste Nachrichten; Mitteldeutsche Neueste Nachrichten; Brandenburgische Neueste Nachrichten; Thüringer Neueste Nachrichten; Sächsische Neueste Nachrichten;
Membership (late 1980s)	c. 110,000
Ideology	National liberalism; Until 1989; Conservatism; Socialism; National conservatism;
National affiliation	Democratic Bloc (1948–1950); National Front (1950–1990); Association of Free Democrats (1990)
Party flag
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The National-Democratic Party of Germany (German: National-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands, NDPD) was an East German political party that served as a satellite party to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) from 1948 to 1989, representing former members of the Nazi Party, the Wehrmacht and middle classes. It should not be confused with the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, NPD), which was a party in West Germany and continues as a minor non-governmental party in the modern united Germany.

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