German People's Congress

U.S. demands in the Allied Control Council, to preserve the economic unity of Germany, were dismissed in July 1946 by the USSR as an attempt to influence.

The London 6-Power Conference held in the first half of 1948 set out principles for the establishment of a democratic German state (the Frankfurt documents).

Since freely elected governments were not established in the countries in the Soviet area of occupation, the Prime Minister summarized in the west of Koblenz decisions, according to which democratic West German state as a temporary part to the restoration of German unity should be established in the wild.

Emerged from the movement of the German people's congresses, the first on 6/7 December 1947 of "delegates" of all occupation zones was composed.

Prohibited under review and resistances against these SED initiative on the part of the Christian Democratic Union, and the removal of its chairman Jakob Kaiser and Ernst Lemmer through SMAD Western occupying powers to mobilize the People's Congresses in "Trizonia".

Under strong pressure from the occupying power against the will of the majority of national associations, the Liberal Democratic Party decided to participate.

Topics included the rejection of the planned construction of a West German state and the criticism of the US-British occupation policy.

[2] It rejected both the Marshall Plan and the Oder-Neisse line, and agreed to hold a German reunification petition campaign, which took place from 23 May to 13 June 1948.

The 'choice' for the People's Congress was to assent (Yes) or reject (No), the following statement: "I am in favor of German unity and a just peace agreement.