German Social Union

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German Social Union (German: Deutsche Soziale Union) was an East German conservative opposition group. It was founded in Leipzig on 20 January 1990. It was modelled on the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. The Leipzig pastor Hans-Wilhelm Ebeling was the chairman of the party and its most prominent member was Peter Michael Diestel. On 5 February 1990 it joined the Alliance for Germany, together with the (leading) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Democratic Departure (DA, not in existence anymore). Today, the DSU is no longer a subsidiary of the main German conservative party CDU. The party is now national-conservative, and so cooperates with The Republicans (REP).

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German Social Union was also the name of a Neo-Nazi party founded in the 1950s by former left-wing Nazi Otto Strasser. It was intended to more closely combine German nationalism and socialism.