Communist Workers' Party of Germany Kommunistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands (KAPD) | |
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| Founded | April 1920 |
| Dissolved | March 1933 |
| Split from | Communist Party of Germany |
| Merged into | Communist Workers Union of Germany |
| Newspaper | Kommunistische Arbeiter-Zeitung |
| Membership (1921) | 43,000 |
| Ideology | Left communism Revolutionary socialism Council communism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | Communist Workers' International |
| Colours | Red |
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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]
- ^ 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
- ^ Die Entstehung der GIK, 1927-1933, accessed 13 July 2010