[1] In areas that had remained in Czechoslovakia after the German annexation of Sudetenland its followers re-grouped as DVG.
[2][3][4] The party had a National Socialist profile and represented German state interests towards Czechoslovakia.
[3] In Slovakia, the movement had constituted itself as the German Party (Deutsche Partei) on October 8, 1938.
[2][4] The four other members were Franz Karmasin, Robert Mayr-Harting, Hans Lokscha [de] and Stanislav Králíček [cs].
[2] On December 18, 1938 the German Party got two deputies elected to the parliament of Slovakia on the Slovak unity list; Karmasin and Josef Steinhübl.