German Social Union (East Germany)
The German Social Union (German: Deutsche Soziale Union) is a small right-wing conservative political party active in the eastern German states since 1990. It was started as a conservative opposition group during the "Wende" in the German Democratic Republic. It presently has 1,100 members.
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