Communist Party of Germany (KPD)

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:affiliation Comintern
gptkbp:alliance Anti-Fascist Action
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:German_resistance_against_Nazism
gptkbp:dissolved 1956
gptkbp:divisions gptkb:Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:founded 1918
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:historical_significance German_leftist_politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
gptkbp:ideology Marxism-Leninism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Russian_Revolution
gptkbp:keyEvent gptkb:German_Civil_War_1923
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Reunification of Germany
1933 Reichstag Fire
1932 elections
1953 uprising in East Germany
1956 dissolution
Controversies and debates in historiography
Historical archives and documentation
Influence on contemporary leftist parties
March Action 1921
Cultural_impact_in_Germany
Impact_on_labor_movements_in_Germany
Role_in_the_Cold_War_context
Post-World_War_II_reorganization
East_German_elections
Influence_on_leftist_movements_in_Europe
Formation_of_the_Socialist_Unity_Party
Cold_War_politics_in_Germany
Legacy_in_modern_German_politics
gptkbp:membership approximately 1 million (at peak)
gptkbp:notablePerson Ernst Thälmann
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Nazism
gptkb:Weimar_Republic
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:German_Revolution
gptkbp:politicalPosition far-left
gptkbp:reform 1945
gptkbp:schoolType Die Rote Fahne
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Party_of_Democratic_Socialism
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:youth_development gptkb:Young_Communist_League_of_Germany