and could continue to be seen as a revolutionary radical. The NSDAP became both a partner and a rival for the still powerful traditional right, especially the Stahlhelm. The party's strategy was to avoid permanent ties to other groups. On the other hand, it was open to short term alliances if they contributed to its own strengthening. In light of the campaign against the Young Plan, Josef Stalin demanded in September 1929 that the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) take a fundamentally different position on the reparations issue. He saw the campaign as the key to the NSDAP's sudden success. There were still reservations in the Comintern about a turn towards a nationalist-populist position, but they ended in 1930 in the face of further successes by the NSDAP. In August of that year, the KPD newspaper Die Rote Fahne published a "Program Declaration for National and Social Liberation" in which the party used strongly nationalist language. The attempt to draw protest voters away from the NSDAP with national slogans failed. In the 1930 Reichstag election, the KPD barely made gains, while the NSDAP leapfrogged them by adding 95 seats. Results Although 94.5% of valid votes were cast in favor of the proposal, voter turnout was only 15%, well below the 50% requirement, rendering the vote null. References Bibliography Eyck, Erich, (1964), A History of the Weimar Republic, Volume II: From the Locarno Conference to Hiter's Seizure of Power, translated by Hanson, Harlan P. and Waite, Robert G.C, London: Oxford University Press. Kolb, Eberhard, (1988), The Weimar Republic, New York: Routledge. Nicholls, A.J, (2000), Weimar and the Rise of Hitler, London: MacMillan Press, Ltd. Germany Referendums in Germany Politics of the Weimar Republic Aftermath of World War I in Germany Early Nazism (–1933) Treaty of Versailles 1929 elections in Germany Germany