[3] After the DNP and DNSAP had been banned in October 1933, the political atmosphere in Sudetenland changed.

Through the creation of Landstand, it is possible that BdL sought to pre-empt competition from SHF in the Sudetenland countryside.

The DSAP (German Social Democrats), who were also in the government, were particularly worried and called upon BdL to differentiate themselves from 'the fascists'.

In the end, BdL was side-lined as the Czechoslovak agrarians began to cooperate directly with SHF.

After the Anschluß of Austria, Hacker called on all BdL members to join SdP.

On March 22, 1938, Hacker proclaimed himself as the 'plenipotentiary' of BdL, and went on to declare the party to merged into SdP.