The German People's Union (, DVU, also Liste D) was a political party in Germany. It was founded by publisher Gerhard Frey as an informal association in 1971 and established as a party in 1987. Financially, it was largely dependent on Frey. In 2011, it merged with the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD). The party never reached the five-percent minimum in federal elections that is generally necessary to enter the Bundestag. The DVU won seats in several state parliaments. The party, throughout its history, was financially completely dependent on Frey, something that caused it to be dubbed the "Frey's Party". History The DVU was formed as an association, not a party, by Gerhard Frey and twelve others, former members of other right-wing organisations or conservative parties as well as from various groups in the Federation of Expellees. In the early years, before the organisation became a party in 1987, it was predominantly active in propagating revisionist views about the Holocaust and Germany's role in World War II, predominately through Frey's media empire and his National Zeitung. With the decline of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany, the NPD, from 1969 onward, the German People's Union became a new home for many former supporters of this party. The DVU, however, stayed away from party politics and instead organised protest marches against the German government's Ostpolitik, the rapprochement with Poland and Eastern Europe. It formed a number of action committees:Volksbewegung für Generalamnestie (1979) – People's Movement for General Amnesty Initiative für Ausländerbegrenzung (1980) – Initiative for the limitation of foreigners Aktion deutsches Radio und Fernsehen (1981) – German action for radio and televisionEhrenbund Rudel - Gemeinschaft zum Schutz der Frontsoldaten (1983) – Honour federation Rudel – Community for the protection of the front soldiers (named after Hans-Ulrich Rudel and established during a memorial service after the latter's death)Deutschen Schutzbund für Volk und Kultur – German Protective Association for People and KultureAktion Oder-Neiße - Action Oder-Neisse Membership in the DVU fluctuated in the following years but stood at 12,000 by 1986, making it the largest registered far-right organisation in Germany at the time. On 5 March 1987, the association became a party with the help of a large number of former NPD officials, something Frey had started planning the year before. Initially the party was called Deutsche Volksliste, which soon changed to Deutsche Volksunion-Liste D and, in 1991, just Deutsche Volksunion.