[1] Initially the Reichsvereinigung grouped all the main German nationalist, or völkisch, trade unions in the Sudetenland.
[2] The Reichsvereinigung was a supposedly apolitical body for German workers.
The resurgence of the Reichsvereinigung was mainly attributed to the new union Deutsche Arbeitergewerkschaft (D.A.G.
), formed by former members of the banned Gewerkschaftsverband deutscher Arbeiter.
[2] The Reichsvereinigung supported the Sudetendeutsche Volkshilfe ('Sudeten German People's Aid').