Roter Frontkämpferbund Roter Frontkämpferbund | |
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| Abbreviation | RFB |
| Founded | July 1924 |
| Dissolved | May 1929 |
| Newspaper | Rote Front (Red Front) |
| Youth wing | Rote Jungfront (Red Youth Front) |
| Political orientation | Marxism-Leninism |
The Roter Frontkämpferbund (Red Front Fighters' Alliance) was the paramilitary wing of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD). It was a formally legal organization, yet was nonetheless banned by the anti-communist SPD in 1929.[1] At its peak, the RFB had over 100,000 members.
References
- ↑ Kurt G. P. Schuster: Der rote Frontkämpferbund 1924–1929. Droste, Düsseldorf 1975, ISBN 3-7700-5083-5.