All three major West German parties competed in declaring the expellee cause sacrosanct.

Evidence

The three parties also unanimously endorsed the expellees’ rights to their homelands and to self-determination. Both concepts figured prominently in numerous declarations issued by the leading organs and individuals of each party, often in nearly identical terms. In typical statements, the FDP described the Heimatrecht as an “inalienable” and “inviolable” prerogative, while the SPD labeled it a “basic human right” whose advocacy constituted an “indispensable obligation” for all party members. — Pertti Ahonen, Domestic Constraints on West German…, 84

Categorization

• XREF: Ties directly to the reader’s research on whether professed egalitarian/rights-based conviction diverges from measured behavior — here every party frames Heimatrecht as a sacrosanct human right while fully expecting to abandon it when Ostpolitik arrived. — connects to: A small expellee-functionary group could veto major West German foreign policy initiatives. — Pertti Ahonen, Domestic Constraints on West German…, 247; Expellee organizations sustained West German revanchism by reinforcing refusal to accept the postwar border — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 190

Related

• West German governments codified expellee homeland rights as preconditions. (similarity 0.85)
• Expellee leaders weaponized rights rhetoric to mask annexationist aims toward the East. (similarity 0.82)
• Expellee leaders framed the right to homeland as a God-given right (similarity 0.82)
• Unrealistic irredentist goals alienated expellee members and marginalized their organizations (similarity 0.81)
• Expellee political power rested on refusing to commit to a major party (similarity 0.81)
• Expellee rhetoric of rights and Europe disguised irredentist territorial claims. (similarity 0.80)
• Expellee organizations sustained West German revanchism by reinforcing refusal to accept the postwar border (similarity 0.80)
• Mainstream parties countered the BHE threat by co-opting expellee demands (similarity 0.80)
• Expellee political power eroded once generational change and border settlement removed grievances (similarity 0.79)
• Expellee organizations lost all influence once the territorial goal became moot (similarity 0.79)
• Expellee organizations claimed a veto role over East policy. (similarity 0.79)
• Adenauer supported expellee demands instrumentally to shore up his Western policy, not from conviction. (similarity 0.79)
• Chancellor required expellee-organization approval before any overture to eastern neighbors. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• A small expellee-functionary group could veto major West German foreign policy initiatives. #expands (0.85) — Pertti Ahonen, Domestic Constraints on West German…, 247