Communist Party of Germany

Also known as KPD

former Marxist–Leninist political party in Germany

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The Communist Party of Germany was a Marxist-Leninist political party that operated in the country, representing socialist ideology and working-class interests through a communist framework. It matters historically because communist parties played significant roles in 20th-century European politics and social movements, influencing Germany's political landscape during key periods of its history.

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Founders: Karl Liebknecht Rosa Luxemburg
Founded: 30 December 1918 ; 107 years ago ( 1918-12-30 )
Dissolved: 21 April 1946 ; 80 years ago ( 1946-04-21 ) 17 August 1956 ; 69 years ago ( 1956-08-17 )
Merger of: Spartacus League , International Communists
Merged into: Socialist Unity Party
Succeeded by: German Communist Party
Headquarters: Karl-Liebknecht-Haus , Berlin
Newspaper: Die Rote Fahne
Youth wing: Young Communist League
Political academy: Marxist Workers' School
Trade union: Revolutionäre Gewerkschafts Opposition
Paramilitary wing

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The Communist Party of Germany (German: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, pronounced [kɔmuˈnɪstɪʃə paʁˈtaɪ ˈdɔʏtʃlants] , KPD [ˌkaːpeːˈdeː] ) was the major far-left political party in the Weimar Republic during the interwar period, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in Allied-occupied Germany and West Germany during the post-war period until it merged with the SPD in the Soviet occupation zone in 1946 and was banned by the West German Federal Constitutional Court in 1956.

The construction of the KPD began in the aftermath of the First World War by Rosa Luxemburg's and Karl Liebknecht's faction of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) who had opposed the war and the Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany (MSPD)'s support of it.