Communist Workers' Party of Germany

Communist Workers' Party of Germany
Kommunistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands (KAPD)
FoundedApril 1920 (1920-04)
DissolvedMarch 1933 (1933-03)
Split fromCommunist Party of Germany
Merged intoCommunist Workers Union of Germany
NewspaperKommunistische Arbeiter-Zeitung
Membership (1921)43,000
IdeologyLeft communism
Revolutionary socialism
Council communism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationCommunist Workers' International
ColoursRed

The Communist Workers' Party of Germany (German: Kommunistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands; KAPD) was an anti-parliamentarian and left communist party that was active in Germany during the Weimar Republic. It was founded in 1920 in Heidelberg as a split from the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).[1] Originally the party remained a sympathising member of Communist International. In 1922, the KAPD split into two factions, both of whom kept the name, but are referred to as the KAPD Essen Faction and the KAPD Berlin Faction.

The KAPD Essen Faction was linked to the Communist Workers International. The Entschiedene Linke joined the KAPD in 1927.[2]

  1. ^ La gauche allemande: Textes du KAPD, de L'AAUD, de L'AAUE et de la KAI (1920–1922), La Vecchia Talpa, Invariance, La Vieille Taupe, 1973, p2
  2. ^ Die Entstehung der GIK, 1927-1933, accessed 13 July 2010