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Communist Party of Germany Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands | |
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| Abbreviation | KPD |
| Founders | Rosa Luxemburg Karl Liebknecht |
| Founded | 1 January 1919 |
| Banned | 17 August 1956 |
| Dissolved | 21 April 1946 |
| Preceded by | Spartacus League |
| Merged into | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
| Succeeded by | German Communist Party |
| Newspaper | Die Rote Fahne |
| Youth wing | Young Communist League of Germany |
| Political orientation | Communism |
| International affiliation | Comintern (1919–1943) |
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The Communist Party of Germany (KPD), was a communist party in Germany founded by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. The branch in the German Democratic Republic merged into the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany whilst the western branch was banned by the government of West Germany.
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Founding[edit | edit source]
The Communist Party was formed in the midst of the November Revolution, which occurred in Weimar Germany not long after the end of the First World War. A party congress convened by the Spartacus League occurred in Berlin from December 30, 1918, to January 1, 1919, where a socialist party program was adopted and solidarity with Soviet Russia was declared. From its founding the party was targeted by the imperialists and on 15 January 1919 party leaders Luxemburg and Liebknecht were captured and murdered.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ V. I. Tspanov (1979). The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: 'Communist Party of Germany'.