Parteien und Verbände

Varain, Heinz Josef

doi:10.1007/978-3-663-02718-8

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“…78 In fact, as a rule the only CDU constituency parties which were dominated by refugees were those where the indigenous population identified with one of the other parties. For example, this was the case in the Urban District of Flensburg, where there was heavy support among the indigenous inhabitants for the party of the South Schleswig Danish Minority, 79 and also in Steinburg, where the majority of native voters identified with either the SPD or FDP. 80 The failure of the CDU leadership in Schleswig-Holstein adequately to represent the refugees' interests provoked deep bitterness among its expellee politicians.…”

Section: The Response Of the Cdu And Fdp To The Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%

German Refugees and the SPD in Schleswig-Holstein, 1945-50

Connor

2006

European History Quarterly

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Little research has been undertaken on the political integration of the refugees in post-war Germany, and this article analyses the attitude of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Schleswig-Holstein to the newcomers in the period 1945-50. It argues that the SPD was the first party to recognize the importance of the refugee problem, and that its success in Schleswig-Holstein’s first Landtag Election in 1947 owed much to the newcomers’ support. However, the refugees’ identification with the Social Democrats fell sharply in 1949-50, mainly due to the failure of the SPD Government to alleviate their wretched economic conditions. Public disagreements concerning policy towards the newcomers also tarnished the party’s standing among refugee voters. The SPD’s failure to overcome the challenge of balancing the conflicting interests of its refugee and indigenous voters formed the background to the triumph of the refugee party - the Block der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten - in the Landtag Election in 1950.

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Section: The Response Of the Cdu And Fdp To The Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%