Communist Party of Germany

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communist party far-left party political party

The Communist Party of Germany was a major far-left political party in Germany during the Weimar Republic, playing a key role in interwar politics and becoming a primary target of Nazi repression.

Aliases (2)

KPD ×1
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communist party → far-left party → political party →
abbreviation	KPD →
bannedIn	Federal Republic of Germany → Nazi Germany →
color	red →
country	Germany →
dissolved	1933 → 21 April 1946 →
dissolvedInJurisdiction	Nazi Germany →
electoralSuccess	major party in Weimar Reichstag →
foundedBy	Karl Liebknecht → Leo Jogiches → Rosa Luxemburg → Spartacus League → Wilhelm Pieck →
hasReligion	officially atheist →
headquartersLocation	Berlin →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism → communism →
inception	1918 → 30 December 1918 →
influencedBy	Russian Revolution of 1917 →
internationalAffiliation	Comintern →
legalStatus	banned →
memberOf	Communist International →
mergedInto	Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
nativeLabel	Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands →
newspaper	Die Rote Fahne →
notableMember	Clara Zetkin → Erich Mühsam → Ernst Thälmann → Karl Liebknecht → Rosa Luxemburg → Walter Ulbricht → Wilhelm Pieck →
operatedIn	German Empire → Nazi Germany → Weimar Republic →
opposedTo	National Socialist German Workers' Party → Social Democratic Party of Germany → Weimar coalition →
paramilitaryWing	Roter Frontkämpferbund →
politicalPosition	far-left →
primaryTargetOf	Nazi repression →
significantEvent	German Revolution of 1918–1919 → Nazi repression → Spartacist uprising → Weimar Republic politics →
successor	Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
supportedBy	Soviet Union →
youthWing	Young Communist League of Germany →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Erich Honecker → Klaus Fuchs → Rosa Luxemburg → Rosa Luxemburg → Walter Ulbricht → Wilhelm Pieck →	memberOf
Communist Party of Germany ("KPD") →	abbreviation
Reichstag fire →	accusedGroup
Rosa Luxemburg →	coFounderOf
SED →	formedByMergerOf
Socialist Unity Party of Germany →	foundedBy
Spartacist uprising →	hasParticipant
Spartacus League →	helpedFound
German federal election campaign of March 1933 →	mainParty
Comintern →	memberOrganization
Spartacus League →	mergedInto
Socialist Unity Party of Germany →	mergerOf
Communist Party of Germany ("Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands") →	nativeLabel
Third International →	notableMemberOrganization
Nazi seizure of power →	opponent
Sturmabteilung →	opposedTo
German federal election campaign of March 1933 →	oppositionTargeted
Walter Ulbricht →	politicalParty
Reichstag Fire Decree →	targetedGroup
German federal election, July 1932 →	thirdLargestParty
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery →	usedBy