The Czechoslovakian DNSAP led by Hans Knirsch together with the conservative German National Party (Deutsche Nationalpartei, DNP) became the main proponent of so-called "negativism", the general tendency among the Sudeten Germans not to accept the legitimacy of the Czechoslovakian state.
Det tjekkoslovakiske DNSAP ledet af Hans Knirsch var sammen med det konservative Deutsche Nationalpartei (DNP) de førende fortalere for "negativisme", sudetertyskernes generelle afvisning af den tjekkoslovakiske stats legitimitet.