KPD (Communist Party of Germany)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ernst_Thälmann
gptkb:Weimar_Republic
gptkbp:advocates_for gptkb:Workers'_councils
Internationalism
Proletarian revolution
Abolition of capitalism
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Comintern
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:United_Front
gptkbp:collaborated_with SED in 1946
gptkbp:conflict With the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany)
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:election_year Gained significant seats in Reichstag
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Rosa_Luxemburg
gptkb:Karl_Liebknecht
1918
gptkbp:governed_by 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_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:is_divided_into 1920 split with the KAPD
gptkbp:is_involved_in Labor strikes
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Nazism
gptkb:Weimar_Republic
gptkb:Social_Democracy
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Ruth_Fischer
gptkb:Ernst_Thälmann
gptkb:Wilhelm_Pieck
gptkbp:legacy Influence on leftist politics in Germany
gptkbp:local_newspaper gptkb:Die_Rote_Fahne
gptkbp:losses Many leaders went into exile after 1933
gptkbp:membership hundreds of thousands at its peak
gptkbp:notable_work The Red Flag
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:German_Revolution_of_1918-1919
Electoral politics in the Weimar Republic
gptkbp:political_ideology gptkb:political_movement
To gain support among workers
gptkbp:political_position Far-left
gptkbp:relationship gptkb:Monarch
Other communist parties in Europe
gptkbp:reports_to 1933
gptkbp:restoration 1945
gptkbp:retirement_year In the GDR
gptkbp:successor SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany)
gptkbp:threats By the Nazi regime
gptkbp:youth_club KJVD (Communist Youth League of Germany)