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The Democratic Union (German: Demokratische Vereinigung DV) was a German political party in the German Empire. The Union was founded in 1908 by former members of the Freeminded Union (Freisinnigen Vereinigung). The party demanded full equal voting rights for all and a strict separation of Church and State. It was not principled or revolutionary against Wilhelmine Germany though.Important party members were Theodor Barth Rudolf Breitscheid (first chairman) and Hellmut von Gerlach.