in 1926, the party was conservative in outlook and represented itself as the defender of savers, calling for the creation of as broad a middle class as possible. It sought to represent those worst hit by the hyperinflation of the early 1920s. Wirtschaftspartei — (see Reichspartei des deutschen Mittelstandes.) Other political organizations Allgemeiner Deutscher Beamtenbund (ADB) — A civil servants' league started by the SPD. Bund der Landwirte (BdL) — the Agrarian League was an agricultural advocacy group that opposed free trade, industrialization, and liberalism. It merged with the Deutscher Landbund in 1921 to form the Reichslandbund. Bauernverein — Peasant association located in Schleswig-Holstein. Without religious ties, it initially supported a liberal economic and political policy. Bauernvereine — Farmers' associations associated with the Center Party, that were located in the Catholic west and south. Bayerischer Bauernbund (BB) — Bavarian Peasants' League. Operated throughout Germany but especially in its stronghold of Bavaria. It had democratic, anticlerical leanings and subscribed to a narrow Bavarian particularism. It supported the BVP and the DNVP, and in 1928 helped found the DBP Braunschweigischer Landeswahlverband (BLWV) — Brunswick State Electoral Association. This was a regional electoral alliance of conservative bourgeois parties, consisting of the Deutsche Volkspartei (DVP), the Deutschnationale Volkspartei (DNVP) and the Welf–oriented Braunschweigisch-Niedersächsische Partei (BNP), or Brunswick Lower–Saxon Party. It was active between 1918 and 1922 in the Free State of Brunswick. (Against the government) Christlich-föderalistische Reichswahlliste — Combined list of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP) and the Christliche Volkspartei (CVP). (Pro-Weimar Republic) Christliche Volkspartei (CVP) — Combined list of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP) and the Center Party. (Pro-Weimar Republic) Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten — The Steel Helmet, League of Front-Line Soldiers. Founded in December 1918 by Franz Seldte, this was the First World War veteran's organisation. Officially above party politics, it was conservative, nationalistic and monarchist. After 1929, it took on an anti-republican and anti-democratic character. Its goals were the overthrow of the Republic in favor of a dictatorship and a revanchist program. In 1931, it joined the DNVP and the NSDAP to form the Harzburg Front. (Against the government) Deutsche Landwirtschafsrat (German Agricultural Council) Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund — German Nationalist Protection and Defiance Federation. This was the largest and the most active anti-Semitic federation in Germany. Founded in 1919, it was anti-democratic and advocated violence. After the murder of Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau in 1922, it was banned in