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The paper monitors the political situation of German communities in Slovakia, mainly in the area of Spiš. It focuses on activities of Karpathendeutsche Partei, mainly in period 1935 – 1938 and its rivalry with Zipserdeutsche Partei. From 1930’s Karpathendeutsche Partei criticised Zipserdeutsche Partei for its co-operation with Hungarian parties. Zipserdeutsche Partei fell in crisis in the middle of 30’s. This crisis depended on massive move of its members to KdP.