ABSTRACT
By 1924, the fallout from the Pan-German Leagues public conflict with the German Vlkisch Freedom Party (DVFP) and the disastrous impact of Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch and subsequent trial left the League in search of a new political strategy. The Leagues main post-war goal had always been to exercise influence through other organizations rather than drawing public attention to itself. Pan-German League members dominated the DNVPs newly formed Vlkisch Committee. The chair Walther Graef, and vice-chair Axel Freiherr von Freytagh-Loringhoven were both prominent Pan-German League members. Gustav Stresemann and Hans Luther returned on 18 October from the Locarno meeting of foreign ministers. The DNVPs leadership, therefore, was prepared for the worst as Luther and Stresemann returned. The DNVPs clear inability to reconcile these two dominant currents robbed the Weimar Republic of something that it desperately needed: a state-supporting, conservative party willing to work within the framework of the constitution and enter fully into the life of party politics.
