Communist Party of Germany

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
far-left party
political party
abbreviation Communist Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: KPD
bannedIn West Germany
surface form: 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
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
internationalAffiliation Comintern
legalStatus banned
memberOf Comintern
surface form: Communist International
mergedInto Socialist Unity Party of Germany
nativeLabel Communist Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Nazi Party
surface form: 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

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Reichstag fire accusedGroup Communist Party of Germany
Rosa Luxemburg memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Socialist Unity Party of Germany foundedBy Communist Party of Germany
Socialist Unity Party of Germany mergerOf Communist Party of Germany
Sturmabteilung opposedTo Communist Party of Germany
Comintern memberOrganization Communist Party of Germany
Klaus Fuchs memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Reichstag Fire Decree targetedGroup Communist Party of Germany
Communist Party of Germany nativeLabel Communist Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands
Communist Party of Germany abbreviation Communist Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: KPD
German federal election campaign of March 1933 mainParty Communist Party of Germany
Spartacus League mergedInto Communist Party of Germany
Spartacus League helpedFound Communist Party of Germany
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery usedBy Communist Party of Germany
SED formedByMergerOf Communist Party of Germany
Walter Ulbricht politicalParty Communist Party of Germany
Walter Ulbricht memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Spartacist uprising hasParticipant Communist Party of Germany
Erich Honecker memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Wilhelm Pieck memberOf Communist Party of Germany
German federal election, July 1932 thirdLargestParty Communist Party of Germany
Nazi seizure of power opponent Communist Party of Germany
Luxemburg memberOf Communist Party of Germany
subject surface form: Rosa Luxemburg
Luxemburg coFounderOf Communist Party of Germany
subject surface form: Rosa Luxemburg
Third International notableMemberOrganization Communist Party of Germany
Ruth Fischer memberOf Communist Party of Germany
German presidential election, 1932 communistParty Communist Party of Germany
Ernst Thälmann politicalParty Communist Party of Germany
Ernst Thälmann memberOf Communist Party of Germany
German Revolution of 1918–1919 participant Communist Party of Germany
Heinrich Blücher memberOf Communist Party of Germany
this entity surface form: German Communist Party
Clara Zetkin memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Karl Korsch memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Karl Korsch memberOf Communist Party of Germany
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Germany (Opposition)
Leo Jogiches memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Young Communist League of Germany affiliation Communist Party of Germany
Roter Frontkämpferbund parentOrganization Communist Party of Germany
Roter Frontkämpferbund affiliatedWith Communist Party of Germany
Die Rote Fahne publisher Communist Party of Germany
Die Rote Fahne publishedBy Communist Party of Germany
Die Rote Fahne usedBy Communist Party of Germany
Karl Liebknecht coFounded Communist Party of Germany
Karl Liebknecht memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Gruppe Internationale relatedTo Communist Party of Germany
Franz Mehring memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Franz Mehring coFounderOf Communist Party of Germany
Paul Levi memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Gedenkstätte der Sozialisten associatedWithOrganization Communist Party of Germany