It based itself in Bratislava and featured many Germans of different religious backgrounds as prominent leaders
ts initial founding was to steer the Carpathian Germans away from the Zipser German Party which as accused of being too pro-Hungarian by them, as it had aligned itself with Hungarian political parties and politicians, as well as being for reunification with Hungary.
Its party policies were generally though vague and despite its opposition to Hungarianism among the Germans it did on occasion align itself somewhat with them, but it was practically absorbed by the Sudeten German party before being banned during the Sudeten Crisis.
