It had its stronghold in Upper Silesia and was represented in the Silesian Parliament, the Senate of Poland and other legislatives.
He served as its chairman until his death in 1927, when he was succeeded by Eduard Pant.
Herbert Czaja, who would later become a West German politician and head of the Federation of Expellees, was a member of the party during the 1930s.
Eduard Pant and other party members were fierce opponents of the National Socialists in Germany for political and religious reasons.
[1] The party ceased to exist following the German occupation in 1939.