KPD (Communist Party of Germany)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:advocated_for gptkb:Workers'_councils
Internationalism
Proletarian revolution
Abolition of capitalism
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Comintern
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:United_Front
gptkbp:conflict With the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany)
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:election Gained significant seats in Reichstag
gptkbp:exile Many leaders went into exile after 1933
gptkbp:faced_repression By the Nazi regime
gptkbp:founded 1918
gptkbp:founded_by gptkb:Rosa_Luxemburg
gptkb:Karl_Liebknecht
gptkbp:has_been_restored 1945
gptkbp:head_of_state Wilhelm Pieck became President of GDR
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Post-World_War_I_Germany
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:Spartacist_uprising
gptkbp:historical_figure Ernst Thälmann was a prominent leader
Karl Liebknecht was a founding member
Rosa Luxemburg was a founding member
Ruth Fischer was a prominent leader
Wilhelm Pieck was a prominent leader
gptkbp:historical_legacy Influence on leftist politics in Germany
gptkbp:historical_significance Influential in early 20th century German politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label KPD (Communist Party of Germany)
gptkbp:influence gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:influenced Leftist movements in Europe
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Russian_Revolution
gptkbp:involved_in Labor strikes
gptkbp:is_divided_into 1920 split with the KAPD
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Nazism
gptkb:Weimar_Republic
gptkb:Social_Democracy
gptkbp:local_newspaper gptkb:Die_Rote_Fahne
gptkbp:membership hundreds of thousands at its peak
gptkbp:merged_with SED in 1946
gptkbp:notable_leader gptkb:Ruth_Fischer
gptkb:Ernst_Thälmann
gptkb:Wilhelm_Pieck
gptkbp:notable_publication The Red Flag
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:German_Revolution_of_1918-1919
Electoral politics in the Weimar Republic
gptkbp:political_ideology gptkb:socialism
To gain support among workers
gptkbp:political_position Far-left
gptkbp:post_war_career In the GDR
gptkbp:relationship_with gptkb:Soviet_Union
Other communist parties in Europe
gptkbp:reported_by 1933
gptkbp:successor SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany)
gptkbp:youth_wing KJVD (Communist Youth League of Germany)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Weimar_Republic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4